对他说：“看哪，你老了，你的儿子们又不行你的道，所以请你为我们立一个王来治理我们，像其他国家那样。”

对他说：“你年纪老迈了，你儿子不行你的道。现在求你为我们立一个王治理我们，像列国一样。”

对他说：“看哪，你年纪老了，你的儿子又不行你的道。现在请你为我们立一个王治理我们，像列国一样。”

对他说：“看哪，你年纪老了，你的儿子又不行你的道。现在请你为我们立一个王治理我们，像列国一样。”

说：“你年纪大了，你的儿子不效法你。现在求你为我们立一个王治理我们，像其他国家一样。”

对他说：“你老了，看哪，你的儿子不行你的道路，现在求你为我们立一个王治理我们，好像列国一样。”

對他說：「你年紀老邁了，你兒子不行你的道。現在求你為我們立一個王治理我們，像列國一樣。」

對他說：「看哪，你年紀老了，你的兒子又不行你的道。現在請你為我們立一個王治理我們，像列國一樣。」

對他說：「看哪，你年紀老了，你的兒子又不行你的道。現在請你為我們立一個王治理我們，像列國一樣。」

說：「你年紀大了，你的兒子不效法你。現在求你為我們立一個王治理我們，像其他國家一樣。」

對他說：“你老了，看哪，你的兒子不行你的道路，現在求你為我們立一個王治理我們，好像列國一樣。”

對他說：『看哪，你年紀老了，你的兒子不行你的道路；現在你要為我們立個王來為我們審案，像列國一樣。』

對他說：「看哪，你老了，你的兒子們又不行你的道，所以請你為我們立一個王來治理我們，像其他國家那樣。」

曰、爾年已邁、爾子不行爾道、今當為我立王、聽我之訟、與列國同、

曰、爾年已邁、爾子不肖、請爾簡立一王、以治理我、無異他國。

曰、爾年已邁、爾子不行爾道、請為我立王以治理我、無異他國、

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

They said to him,“ You are old. Your sons don’t live as you do. So appoint a king to lead us. We want a king just like the kings all the other nations have.”

and said to him,“ Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

“ Look,” they told him,“ you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”

They said to him,“ Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.”

and they said to him,“ Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

and said to him,“ Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

and they 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.

They said to him,“ Look, you are old, and your sons do not follow your example. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.”

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.

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.”

They said to him,“ Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

此后，他们要求立一个王，神就把便雅悯支派的一个人，基士的儿子扫罗给他们为王，共四十年。

然而，民众不肯听从撒母耳的话，他们说：“不，必须有一个王来统治我们！我们也要像其他国家那样，有自己的王治理我们，率领我们出征，为我们作战。”

今日不是收割小麦的时候吗？我向耶和华呼求，他就会降下雷雨。这样你们就会知道并看见你们为自己要求一个王，在耶和华眼中是行了极大的恶事！”

他们说“请为我们立一个王来治理我们”，这话让撒母耳很愁烦，他就向耶和华祷告。耶和华对撒母耳说：“你就听从民众对你说的一切话。其实他们不是厌弃你，而是厌弃我作他们的王。自从我带他们出埃及的那天起直到今天，他们离弃我，服事别的神明——他们怎样对我做这一切，现在也怎样对你做。