1 Samuel 12:1
And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.
1 Samuel 10:24
And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king!
1 Samuel 11:14-15
Then Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there make the kingdom strong in the hands of Saul.
1 Samuel 8:5-8
And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.
1 Samuel 8:19-22
But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,
1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you: