1 Samuel 8:5

8:5 They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead ¹  us, just like all the other nations have.”

1 Samuel 8:19

8:19 But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. ²  Instead they said, “No! There will be a king over us!

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¹ tn Heb “judge” (also in v. 6).

² tn Heb “and the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel.”