1 Samuel 8:18-20

Names of God Bible

¹⁸ “When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king whom you have chosen for yourselves. Yahweh will not answer you when that day comes.”

¹⁹ But the people refused to listen to Samuel. They said, “No, we want a king! ²⁰ Then we, too, will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us, lead us out to war, and fight our battles.”