1Sa 8:7, Hos 13:11 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord said to Samuel , Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

1 Samuel 8:7

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

Hosea 13:11

11 ^cI gave you a king in my anger,
and ^dI took him away in my wrath.