Appointing a King

14 “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you,(A) take possession of it, live in it, and say, ‘I will set a king over me like all the nations around me,’ 15 you are to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses.(B) Appoint a king from your brothers. You are not to set a foreigner over you, or one who is not of your people.(C)

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16 “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over My people Israel.(A) He will save them from the hand of the Philistines because I have seen the affliction of My people,(B) for their cry has come to Me.”

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