12:4,5
The people reply that Samuel is absolutely right in what he has said, he had always been a faithful leader. Samuel declares that the Lord is a witness against them that they could find no fault in Samuel, and the people agree with this. Why is Samuel doing this? It is to establish that he is a faithful witness, for what he is about to say to them. This Samuel whom they all agreed was a godly man, had warned them against having a king. Yet they had ignored him and insisted on having a king.
12:6-8
Samuel now reminds them of how they have got to their present position. The Lord had appointed Moses and Aaron and brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt. Israel’s nationhood had never depended on having a king “like the nations”. Samuel was going to give them a history lesson. Jacob had entered Egypt. After the time of Joseph the Egyptians forgot how Joseph had helped Egypt and they started to oppress Israel. The people cried out to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron to bring them out of Egypt and eventually to the Promised Land.
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