²⁸ Pharaoh said, “^(A)I will let you go, so that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. ^(B)Plead for me.”

⁸ So the sons of Israel said to Samuel, “^(A)Do not stop crying out to the Lord our God for us, that He will save us from the hand of the Philistines!”

¹⁹ Then all the people said to Samuel, “^(A)Pray to the Lord your God for your servants, so that we do not die; for we have added to all our sins ^(B)this evil, by asking for ourselves a king.”

⁶ And the king responded and said to the man of God, “Please ^[a](A)appease the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me.” So ^(B)the man of God ^[b]appeased the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.

⁴ Perhaps the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to ^(A)taunt the living God, and will avenge the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for ^(B)the remnant that is left.’”