1 Samuel 8:19-22 ▼

19 And the people refuse to listen to the voice of Samuel, and say, “No, but a king is over us,

20 and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king has judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.”

21 And Samuel hears all the words of the people, and speaks them in the ears of YHWH;

22 and YHWH says to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and you have caused a king to reign over them.” And Samuel says to the men of Israel, “Go, each man, to his city.”