And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.(1 Samuel 8:18)

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;(1 Samuel 8:19)

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.(1 Samuel 8:20)

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.(1 Samuel 8:22)

Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.(1 Samuel 9:1)

And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.(1 Samuel 9:2)

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1 Samuel 8:21 - Cross Reference

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. (Judges 11:11)