1 And Samuel said to all Israel, behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all that ye said to me, and have made a king over you.
2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.
3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed; whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it you.
4 And they said thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught from any man's hand.