1 Samuel 8:4-7

New King James Version

⁴ Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, ⁵ and said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now ^(A)make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

⁶ But the thing ^(B)displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel ^(C)prayed to the Lord. ⁷ And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for ^(D)they have not rejected you, but ^(E)they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.