18. and you will finally cry out for the Lord to save you from the king you wanted. But the Lord won't answer your prayers.
19-20. The people would not listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want to be like other nations. We want a king to rule us and lead us in battle.”
21. Samuel listened to them and then told the Lord exactly what they had said.
22. “Do what they want,” the Lord answered. “Give them a king.”Samuel told the people to go back to their homes.