Samuel was displeased with their request for a king; so he prayed to the LORD,

Ever since I brought them out of Egypt, they have turned away from me and worshiped other gods; and now they are doing to you what they have always done to me.

It's the dry season, isn't it? But I will pray, and the LORD will send thunder and rain. When this happens, you will realize that you committed a great sin against the LORD when you asked him for a king."

From the high rocks I can see them; I can watch them from the hills. They are a nation that lives alone; They know they are blessed more than other nations.

"After you have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is going to give you and have settled there, then you will decide you need a king like all the nations around you.

Be sure that the man you choose to be king is the one whom the LORD has chosen. He must be one of your own people; do not make a foreigner your king.

You asked for a king and for leaders, but how can they save the nation?

In my anger I have given you kings, and in my fury I have taken them away.

And when they asked for a king, God gave them Saul son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin, to be their king for forty years.