1 Samuel 8:5, 6, 19, 20

They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.”

But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us.

Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”