An Unrighteous Demand

Israel demanded a king. Apparently their request was justified. Samuel was old, his sons walked not in his ways and the Philistine yoke was becoming more oppressive every day. We have the Lord's word for it, however, that the demand was prompted by the sinister motive of deposing God. Said the Lord, "They have not rejected thee but Me." What the people desired was not a vicegerent of Jehovah but a king in the place of Jehovah. At first flush Jehovah's appraisal of the people's demand for a king...