And it came to pass about a month after this, that Nahash the Ammonite went up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash the Ammonite, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.

And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On these terms will I make a covenant with you, that I will put out all your right eyes, and I will lay a reproach upon Israel.

And his sons did not walk in his ways, and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments.

and they said to him, Behold, you have grown old, and your sons walk not in your ways. And now set over us a king to judge us, as also the other nations have.

And the thing was evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us; and Samuel prayed to the Lord.

But the people would not listen to Samuel; and they said to him, No, but there shall be a king over us.

And we also will be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and shall go out before us, and fight our battles.

and you have risen up this day against the house of my father, and have slain his sons, being seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his bondwoman king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother:

So God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did against his father, in slaying his seventy brothers.

And all the wickedness of the men of Shechem God repaid upon their heads; and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came upon them.

And the Lord said to Samuel, Hear the voice of the people, in whatever they shall say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from reigning over them.

And you have this day rejected God, who is Himself your Deliverer out of all your evils and afflictions. And you said, No, but you shall set a king over us: and now stand before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your families.

And I will establish My covenant between you and your seed after you, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be your God, and the God of your seed after you.

And now if you will indeed hear My voice, and keep My covenant, you shall be to Me a peculiar people above all nations; for the whole earth is Mine.

And you shall be to Me a royal priesthood and a holy nation. These words shall you speak to the children of Israel.

There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel; the Lord his God [is] with him, the glories of rulers [are] in him.

And Gideon said to them, I will not rule, and my son shall not rule among you; [but] the Lord shall rule over you.

But God is our King of old; He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

For my God is great; the Lord our judge shall not pass me by; the Lord is our prince, the Lord is our king; the Lord, He shall save us.

Where is this your king? Let him even save you in all your cities. Let him judge you, of whom you said, Give me a king and a prince.