1 Samuel 8:7-9
8:7 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.
8:8 Just as they have done from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.
8:9 So now do as they say. But seriously warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.”
1 Samuel 8:19
8:19 But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. Instead they said, “No! There will be a king over us!