1 Samuel 8:5 CPDV

³  But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.

⁴  Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah.

⁵  And they said to him: 'Behold, you are elderly, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint for us a king, so that he may judge us, just as all the nations have.'

⁶  And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, for they had said, 'Give us a king to judge us.' And Samuel prayed to the Lord.

⁷  Then the Lord said to Samuel: 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they are saying to you. For they have not rejected you, but me, lest I reign over them.