1 Samuel 8:5
They told him, "Look, you're old, and your sons don't follow your example. So appoint a king to govern us like all the other nations."
Deuteronomy 17:14-15
"When you have come to the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, and you have taken possession of it, and have settled in it, then you will say, "I will appoint a king over me like all the nations around me.'
1 Samuel 8:19-20
The people refused to listen to Samuel. Instead, they insisted, "No! Let a king rule over us instead!
Acts 13:21
"After that, he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel. When they demanded a king, God gave them Kish's son Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.
Numbers 23:9
I saw them from the top of the rocks. I watched them from the hills. Truly this is a people that lives by itself and doesn't matter among the nations.
1 Samuel 8:6-8
Samuel was displeased when they said, "Give us a king to govern us." So Samuel prayed to the LORD.
1 Samuel 12:17
Is it not the wheat harvest today? I'll call upon the LORD, and he will send thunder and rain. Then you will know and understand that you have done a great evil in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king for yourselves."
Hosea 13:10-11
Now where is your king? Will he save you in all your cities? And where are your judges, about whom you demanded, "Give me a king and officials!'?