Why Did The Israelites Ask Samuel To Appoint A King

In 1 Samuel 8:5 the Israelites ask Samuel to appoint a king, saying, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, like all the other nations have.” Was it wrong for them to ask this? The following verses make clear that it was wrong. Samuel was displeased and prayed to the Lord concerning the matter. The Lord answered, “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. As they have done from the first day, I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you” (1 Samuel 8:7–8). God said the Israelites’ request was a rejection of Him, that they had forsaken Him and were serving other gods.
The request also displeased Samuel, and he warns the people that kings lay heavy burdens on a nation. There will be the ways of the reigning king will reign over you:
“Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make
During week two and Dr. Embryo’s lecture videos, he that D-History starts with the book of Joshua and that it generally acts as a framework that deals with the “entry” into the promise land while the book of 2 Kings ends with the story of “exile." The section in-between the framework of “entry” and “exile” can be seen as the broad framework of the “Monarchy.” It is in this section of the “Monarchy” we see that D-History has dealt with the question of God and whether the Lord is sovereign. 1 Samuel 8: 7-8 says, “And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. As they have done from the day, I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to