1 Samuel 8:3-5

Legacy Standard Bible

³ But his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after greedy gain and ^(A)took bribes and caused justice to turn aside.

⁴ Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at ^(B)Ramah; ⁵ and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now ^(C)appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations.”