⁵ They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king^(A) to lead^[a](B) us, such as all the other nations^(C) have.”

⁷ And the Lord told him: “Listen^(A) to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected,^(B) but they have rejected me as their king.^(C)

⁹ Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know^(A) what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”

²⁰ Then we will be like all the other nations,^(A) with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”

²² The Lord answered, “Listen^(A) to them and give them a king.”

Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”