1 Samuel 8:4-6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ So all the elders of Israel gathered together and went to Samuel at Ramah.^{(A) 5} They said to him, ‘Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.’^(B)

⁶ When they said, ‘Give us a king to judge us,’ Samuel considered their demand wrong, so he prayed to the Lord.