And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God {was} your king.

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, {that} the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families {thereof}; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. {displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of}

Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of {their} fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.

{Is it} not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness {is} great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, {though} thou be little among the thousands of Judah, {yet} out of thee shall he come forth unto me {that is} to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth {have been} from of old, from everlasting. {everlasting: Heb. the days of eternity}

And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, {though} thou be little among the thousands of Judah, {yet} out of thee shall he come forth unto me {that is} to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth {have been} from of old, from everlasting. {everlasting: Heb. the days of eternity}

I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took {him} away in my wrath.

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

{But} even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which {is} among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? {whole...: Heb. month of days}

And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God {was} your king.

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. {despiseth: or, rejecteth}

In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, {that} the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families {thereof}; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. {chief: Heb. corners}

But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. {rebelled: or, fell away}