³¹ You are about to cross the Jordan to enter and take possession^(A) of the land the Lord your God is giving^(B) you. When you have taken it over and are living there,

⁵ 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.”

¹⁹ But the people refused^(A) to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want^(B) a king^(C) over us.

²⁰ Then we will be like all the other nations,^(A) with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”