1 Samuel 8:18-20

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁸ “And you shall cry out on that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves. And the LORD will not hear you on that day.”

¹⁹ But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, but said, “No, but there shall be a king over us!

²⁰ “And we, also, will be like all other nations; and our king shall judge us and go out before us and fight our battles!”