1 Samuel 8:5-7

5and 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.” 6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord. 7And 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 8:19-20

The Lord Grants Israel’s Request

19But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us, 20 dthat we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”

1 Samuel 12:19

19And all the people said to Samuel, ePray 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.”
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