1 Samuel 12:1
Then Samuel told all Israel, "Take note! I've listened to you, to everything you have told me, and I've appointed a king over you.
1 Samuel 10:24
Then Samuel told all the people, "Do you see the man whom the LORD has chosen? For there is no one like him among all the people." Then all the people shouted, "Long live the king!"
1 Samuel 11:14-15
Then Samuel told the people, "Come, let's go to Gilgal and reaffirm the kingship there."
1 Samuel 8:5-8
They told him, "Look, you're old, and your sons don't follow your example. So appoint a king to govern us like all the other nations."
1 Samuel 8:19-22
The people refused to listen to Samuel. Instead, they insisted, "No! Let a king rule over us instead!
1 Samuel 10:1
Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul's head, kissed him, and said, "The LORD has anointed you Commander-in-Chief over his inheritance, has he not?