1 Samuel 8:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸ They have done this from the day that I brought them up out of Egypt to this very day. They have rejected me and served other gods, just as they have rejected you. ⁹ So grant their request, but warn them solemnly and inform them what the king who reigns over them will do.”

¹⁰ The Rule of a King. Samuel told the people who were asking for a king everything that the Lord had said.