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4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah. 5 They said to him, |Look, you are old, and your sons don't follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead us, just like all the other nations have.| 6 But this request displeased Samuel, for they said, |Give us a king to lead us.| So Samuel prayed to the LORD. 7 The LORD said to Samuel, |Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king. 1 Samuel 8:4-7, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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