1 Samuel 8:18-20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁸ And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom you have chosen to yourselves. and the Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king.

¹⁹ But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said: Nay: but there shall be a king over us.

²⁰ And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles for us.