1 Samuel 12:12-13

12And when you saw that aNahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, byou said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ cwhen the Lord your God was your king. 13And now dbehold the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; behold, ethe Lord has set a king over you.
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