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.
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.Ludwig Wittgenstein
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 you.1 Samuel 8:8 NIV
But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord.1 Samuel 8:6 NIV