1Sa 8:5, 7, 12:19 | ESV | STEP | and said to him, Behold , you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways . Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations .

a ver. 19, 20; [Deut. 17:14; Hos. 13:10; Acts 13:21]

1 Samuel 8:5

5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. ^aNow appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

1 Samuel 8:7

7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, ^bfor they have not rejected you, ^cbut they have rejected me from being king over them.

1 Samuel 12:19

19 And all the people said to Samuel, ^d“Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.”