⁷ And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for ^(A)they have not rejected you, but ^(B)they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.

^19 (A)But you have today rejected your God, who Himself saved you from all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us!’ Now therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your ^[a]clans.”

¹² And when you saw that ^(A)Nahash king of the Ammonites came against you, ^(B)you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when ^(C)the Lord your God was your king.