⁵ and said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now ^(A)make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

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.

⁹ Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and ^(A)show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.”

²⁰ that we also may be ^(A)like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”

²² So the Lord said to Samuel, ^(A)“Heed their voice, and make them a king.”

And Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Every man go to his city.”