Kings in Ancient Days

Fela ōðre cyningas⁠ rīxodon ǣr ġeond ealne middaneard ofer hǣðenum lēodum · ac ofer israhēla folc þe on god belȳfde næs nān eorðliċ cyning ǣr ðan þe saul sƿā sƿā hī sylfe ġecuron ofer hī cynerīċe underfēng.

Other kings ruled before over all the world among heathen peoples; but over the people of Israel, who believed in God, there was not any earthly king before that soul as they themselves chose over their kingdom received.