¹¹ Israel has sinned, and ^(A)they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among their own things. ¹² Therefore the ^(B)sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their ^[a]backs before their enemies, for they have become accursed. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy the things under the ban from your midst.

¹⁹ But you ^(A)have today rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have ^[a]said, ‘No, but set a king over us!’ Now therefore, ^(B)present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.”

²⁰ Thus Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.