1 Samuel 12:6-9

12:6 Samuel said to the people, “The Lord is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors ¹  up from the land of Egypt. 12:7 Now take your positions, so I may confront you ²  before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors. ³  12:8 When Jacob entered Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the Lord. The Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and they led your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

12:9 “But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave ⁴  them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s ⁵  army, ⁶  and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

[12:6]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 7, 8).

[12:7]  ² tn Heb “and I will enter into judgment with you” (NRSV similar); NAB “and I shall arraign you.”

[12:7]  ³ tn Heb “all the just actions which he has done with you and with your fathers.”

[12:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “sold” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “he allowed them to fall into the clutches of Sisera”; NLT “he let them be conquered by Sisera.”

[12:9]  ⁵ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[12:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “captain of the host of Hazor.”