1 Samuel 8:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶ Samuel was displeased^[a] when they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord.

⁷ The Lord told Samuel, “Listen to the people^[b] in all that they say to you. In fact, it’s not you they have rejected, but rather they have rejected me from being their king. ⁸ Like all the things they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this very day, they have forsaken me and followed other gods. They’re also doing the same thing to you.