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

1 Samuel 8:7

7 God answered Samuel, "Go ahead and do what they're asking. They are not rejecting you. They've rejected me as their King.

1 Samuel 8:9

9 So let them have their own way. But warn them of what they're in for. Tell them the way kings operate, just what they're likely to get from a king."

1 Samuel 8:22

22 God told Samuel, "Do what they say. Make them a king." Then Samuel dismissed the men of Israel: "Go home, each of you to your own city."