Holy Scripture
1 Samuel 8:4
A church father on this verse
“3. But for those who were living under spiritual governance, to ask for a king—what else is it than to eagerly desire to transform that same spiritual leadership into secular domination? Yet when holy men see that they are despised by their subjects, what displeases them is not so much that they are despised, but that…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Ramah to Samuel,
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2And these are the names of his sons; Joel the firstborn, and the name of the second Abijah, judges in Beersheba.
3And his sons did not walk in his way; and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments.
— 1 Samuel 8:4 —
5and they said to him, Behold, thou art grown old, and thy sons walk not in thy way; and now set over us a king to judge us, as also the other nations have.
6And the thing was evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the Lord.