1 Samuel 8:19-22

New American Standard Bible

¹⁹ Yet the people ^(A)refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king over us, ^20 (B)so that we also may be like all the nations, and our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.” ²¹ Now after Samuel had heard all the words of the people, ^(C)he ^[a]repeated them in the Lord’s hearing. ²² And the Lord said to Samuel, “^(D)Listen to their voice and appoint a king for them.” So Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Go, every man to his city.”