¹⁰ Then they cried out to the Lord, and said, ^(A)‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord ^(B)and served the Baals and ^[a]Ashtoreths; but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve You.’ ¹¹ And the Lord sent ^[b]Jerubbaal, ^[c]Bedan, ^(C)Jephthah, and ^(D)Samuel,^[d] and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you dwelt in safety. ¹² And when you saw that ^(E)Nahash king of the Ammonites came against you, ^(F)you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when ^(G)the Lord your God was your king.

¹³ “Now therefore, ^(H)here is the king ^(I)whom you have chosen and whom you have desired. And take note, ^(J)the Lord has set a king over you. ¹⁴ If you ^(K)fear the Lord and serve Him and obey His voice, and do not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then both you and the king who reigns over you will continue following the Lord your God. ¹⁵ However, if you do ^(L)not obey the voice of the Lord, but ^(M)rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you, as it was against your fathers.

¹⁶ “Now therefore, ^(N)stand and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes: ¹⁷ Is today not the ^(O)wheat harvest? ^(P)I will call to the Lord, and He will send thunder and ^(Q)rain, that you may perceive and see that ^(R)your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking a king for yourselves.”

¹⁸ So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day; and ^(S)all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.