1 Samuel 8:20-22

Amplified Bible

²⁰ so that we too may be like all the nations [around us], that our king may judge [and govern] us and go out before us and fight our battles.” ²¹ Samuel had heard all the words of the people and repeated them ^[a]to the Lord. ²² And the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to their ^[b]request and appoint a king for them.” So Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Go, each man to his own city.”