King James Version
1 Samuel 8:19 KJV
“Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;”
Theocracy
1 Samuel 8 — Context
1 Samuel 8:18 — “And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in ...”
1 Samuel 8:19 — “Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;”
1 Samuel 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.”