The Lord Grants Israel’s Request (1SA 8:19-22)

[8:19] But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us,

[8:20] that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”

[8:21] And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the Lord.

[8:22] And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey their voice and make them a king.” Samuel then said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.”