However, his sons did not walk in his ways—they turned toward dishonest profit, took bribes, and perverted justice.(A)

So all the elders of Israel gathered together and went to Samuel at Ramah.(B) They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.”(C)

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38 “‘After that, if you obey all I command you, walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight in order to keep my statutes and my commands as my servant David did, I will be with you.(A) I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David,(B) and I will give you Israel.

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