and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now (A)appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations.” But the thing was [a](B)displeasing in the sight of Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And (C)Samuel prayed to the Lord.

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  1. 1 Samuel 8:6 Or evil