1 Samuel 8:4-7

4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah,

5and said to him, Behold, thou art become old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now appoint us a king to judge us, like all the nations.

6And the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah.

7And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.