and now the king goeth before you. And I have waxed eld and hoary; and my sons be with you; also I have lived before you from my young waxing age unto this day.
And when much time was passed after that the Lord had given peace to Israel, and when all nations about were subjected; and when Joshua was now of long life, and of full eld [or old] age,
Joshua called all Israel, and the greater men in birth, and the princes, and dukes, and masters, and he said to them, I have elded, and I am of full great age;
And Eli was full eld [or old], and he heard all the things that his sons did in all Israel, and how they slept with women, that waited at the door of the tabernacle.
Why hast thou cast away with the heel my sacrifice, and my gifts, which I [have] commanded to be offered in the temple; and thou honouredest more thy sons than me, that ye eat the principal parts of each sacrifice of Israel my people?
For I before-said to him, that I should deem his house without end for the wickedness thereof; for he knew, that his sons did unworthily, and he chastised not them.
And they said to him, Lo! thou hast waxed eld [or old], and thy sons go not in thy ways; ordain thou a king to us, that he deem us, as also all other nations have.