1 Samuel 8:5-9

5They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead us, just like all the other nations have.”

6But this request displeased Samuel, for they said, “Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord.

7The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

8Just as they have done from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.

9So now do as they say. But seriously warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.”