1 Samuel 12:4-6

Living Bible

⁴ “No,” they replied, “you have never defrauded or oppressed us in any way and you have never taken even one single bribe.”

⁵ “The Lord and his anointed king are my witnesses,” Samuel declared, “that you can never accuse me of robbing you.”

“Yes, it is true,” they replied.

⁶ “It was the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron,” Samuel continued. “He brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt.