So all the elders(A) of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.(B)

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Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

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They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king(A) to lead[a](B) us, such as all the other nations(C) have.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 8:5 Traditionally judge; also in verses 6 and 20

And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

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