“10. It was indeed a matter of great rashness to ask for a king against God's will; of great hardness, to be unable to be overcome by the counsels of the prophet. It was of great rashness to put forth arguments to him whom they knew, by the Lord's revelation, to know beforehand all that he was about to do. Of great har…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 1
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19Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
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17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
— 1 Samuel 8:19 —
20That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.