1 Samuel 12:3-5

Contemporary English Version

^3 (A) Let me ask this. Have I ever taken anyone's ox or donkey or forced you to give me anything? Have I ever hurt anyone or taken a bribe to give an unfair decision? Answer me so the Lord and his chosen king can hear you. And if I have done any of these things, I will give it all back.

⁴ “No,” the Israelites answered. “You've never cheated us in any way!”

⁵ Samuel said, “The Lord and his chosen king are witnesses to what you have said.”

“That's true,” they replied.