^5 (A)and said to him, “Look, you are getting old and your sons don't follow your example. So then, appoint a king to rule over us, so that we will have a king, as other countries have.”

^21 (A)And when they asked for a king, God gave them Saul son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin, to be their king for forty years.

²¹ Then Samuel had the families of the tribe of Benjamin come forward, and the family of Matri was picked out. Then the men of the family of Matri came forward,^[a] and Saul son of Kish was picked out. They looked for him, but when they could not find him,