So now do as they say. But seriously warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them."

But the people refused to heed Samuel's warning. Instead they said, "No! There will be a king over us!

Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, leave, go down from the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they went up from Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning. But his wife Michal warned David, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow!”