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The elders said Samuel was old and his sons did not walk in his ways, so they asked for a king to judge them like the nations. The Lord told Samuel the people had rejected him as king over them. 1 Samuel 8:4–7
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;
5and they said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons don`t walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
7Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.