1 Samuel 8:5
They said: You are an old man. You set a good example for your sons. But they have not followed it. Now we want a king to be our leader like all the other nations. Choose one for us!
Deuteronomy 17:14-15
Enter the land Jehovah your God gives you. Possess it and live in it. You will say: I will set a king over me like all the nations who are around me,
1 Samuel 8:19-20
But the people refused to listen to Samuel. They said: We want a king!
Acts 13:21
Afterward they desired a king. God gave Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, to them for forty years.
Numbers 23:9
I see them from the top of rocky cliffs. I look at them from the hills. I see a nation that lives by itself! These are people who do not consider themselves to be like other nations.
1 Samuel 8:6-8
Samuel was upset to hear the leaders say they wanted a king. So he prayed about it.
1 Samuel 12:17
It is the dry season and the wheat harvest. I will pray and Jehovah will send thunder and rain. When this happens, you will realize that you committed a great sin against Jehovah when you asked him for a king.
Hosea 13:10-11
Where, now, is your king, the one who is supposed to save you? Where in all your cities are your judges? You said: 'Give us kings and officials!'