Holy Scripture
1 Samuel 8:20
Source: Septuagint
Original
20And we also will be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and shall go out before us, and fight our battles.
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18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye have chosen to yourselves, and the Lord shall not hear you in those days, because ye have chosen to yourselves a king.
19But the people would not hearken to Samuel; and they said to him, Nay, but there shall be a king over us.
— 1 Samuel 8:20 —
21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and spoke them in the ears of the Lord.
22And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken to their voice, and appoint them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let each man depart to his city.