7 Now, therefore, stand still that I may contend with you before the Lord of all the righteousnesses of the Lord which he did to you and to your fathers.
8 After Jacob had entered into Egypt and your fathers cried unto the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place.
9 And when they forgot the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
10 And they cried unto the Lord and said, We have sinned because we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baalim and Ashtaroth, but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
11 Then the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelt safe.
12 And when ye saw that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, came against you, ye said unto me, No, but a king shall reign over us when the Lord your God was your king.
13 Now, therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen and whom ye have desired! Behold, the Lord has set a king over you.