1 Samuel 8:20

8:20 We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us ¹  and fight our battles.”

1 Samuel 8:5

8:5 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 ²  us, just like all the other nations have.”

[8:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and go out before us.”

[8:5]  ² tn Heb “judge” (also in v. 6).