Samuel tried to tell them. Israel wouldn’t listen The Lord tried to tell them, but they wouldn’t listen to him either. God’s people demanded a king other than God. They wanted to be like everybody else. It was a disaster waiting to explode upon the chosen people. They got their way and their just desserts (1 Samuel 8 for the story in detail). From the very first king, Solomon, to the final king, Herod Agrippa II, trouble followed Jewish royalty. …