⁷ And the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people regarding all that they say to you, because ^(A)they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them.

¹⁹ But today you ^(A)have rejected your God, who saves you from all your catastrophes and your distresses; yet you have ^[a]said, ‘No, but put a king over us!’ Now then, ^(B)present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your ^[b]groups of thousands.”

The King Confirmed

¹² But when you saw ^(A)that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon was coming against you, you said to me, ‘^(B)No, but a king shall reign over us!’ ^(C)Yet the Lord your God was your king.