Israel Demands a King

8 When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.^(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)

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)