1 Samuel 8:18-20

English Standard Version

¹⁸ And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, ^(A)but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”

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 (B)that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”