² And he said to them, “I am ^(A)120 years old today. I am no longer able to ^(B)go out and come in. The Lord has said to me, ^(C)‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’

^20 (A)that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”

¹³ So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. ^(A)And he went out and came in before the people.

⁷ And now, O Lord my God, ^(A)you have made your servant king in place of David my father, ^(B)although I am but a little child. I do not know ^(C)how to go out or come in.

¹⁰ Give me now wisdom and knowledge to ^(A)go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?”

^11 (A)I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and ^(B)for going and coming.