³¹ “When you cross the Jordan to go in to occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you and when you occupy it and live in it,^(A)

⁵ and said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations.”^(A)

Israel’s Request for a King Granted

¹⁹ But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said, “No! We are determined to have a king over us,

²⁰ so that we also may be like other nations and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.”^(A)