1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 8:9; 1 Samuel 8:22

7 The LORD told him, "Listen to everything the people are saying to you. You are not the one they have turned their backs on. I am the one they do not want as their king.

9 "Let them have what they want. But give them a strong warning. Let them know what the king who rules over them will do."

22 The LORD answered, "Listen to them. Give them a king." Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Each of you go back to your own town."