Judg 9:18, 56-57, 1Sa 8:3, 5-6, 19-20 | ESV | STEP | and you have risen up against my father’s house this day and have killed his sons , seventy men on one stone , and have made Abimelech , the son of his female servant , king over the leaders of Shechem , because he is your relative

Judges 9:18

18 and you have risen up against my father’s house this day ^aand have killed his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made ^bAbimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, ^cbecause he is your relative—

Judges 9:56-57

56 ^dThus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers. 57 And God also made all the evil of the men of Shechem return on their heads, and upon them came ^ethe curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

1 Samuel 8:3

3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways ^fbut turned aside after gain. ^gThey took bribes and perverted justice.

1 Samuel 8:5-6

5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. ^hNow appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.” 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 8:19-20

The Lord Grants Israel’s Request

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