Israel Demands a King

1 Samuel 8:4-6

Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled came to Samuel to Ramatha.

And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have.

And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, that they should say: Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the Lord.