Deu 17:14, 1Sa 9:16, 16:12-13 | ESV | STEP | When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say , I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,

Deuteronomy 17:14

Laws Concerning Israel’s Kings

14 “When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ^a‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,’

1 Samuel 9:16

16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, ^band you shall anoint him to be prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. ^dFor I have seen ^{▼▼Septuagint adds the affliction of} my people, because their cry has come to me.”

1 Samuel 16:12-13

12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ^fruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, ^g“Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” 13 Then Samuel took ^hthe horn of oil ⁱand anointed him in the midst of his brothers. ^jAnd the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.