1 Samuel 12:1
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in everything that you have said to me and have appointed a king over you.
1 Samuel 10:24
Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? For there is no one like him among all the people.” So all the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!”
1 Samuel 11:14-15
Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there restore the kingdom.”
1 Samuel 8:5-8
and said to him, “Look, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us [and rule over us] like all the other nations.”
1 Samuel 8:19-22
Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king over us,
1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took the flask of oil and poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has the Lord not anointed you as ruler over His inheritance (Israel)?