18 “And you shall cry out in that day because of your sovereign whom you have chosen for yourselves, but יהוה is not going to answer you in that day.”
19 However, the people refused to listen to the voice of Shemu’ĕl, and said, “No, but let a sovereign be over us.
20 Then we shall be, we also, like all the nations, and our sovereign shall rule us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
21 And Shemu’ĕl heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the hearing of יהוה.
22 And יהוה said to Shemu’ĕl, “Listen to their voice, and make them a sovereign.” And Shemu’ĕl said to the men of Yisra’ĕl, “Each of you go to his city.”