Deuteronomy 17:14
When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
Cross-references
In 1 Samuel 8:5-7, the people's demand for a king exactly fulfills the scenario described here, with God noting they have rejected Him.
In 1 Samuel 8:19, the people stubbornly insist on a king—a direct narrative continuation of the request foreseen in this verse.
In 1 Samuel 8:20, the people's reason 'to be like all the nations' quotes the exact motivation anticipated here.
In 1 Samuel 12:19, the people later confess that asking for a king was sinful—a retrospective admission connected to this earlier warning.
In 1 Samuel 8:11, Samuel warns about the king's oppressive practices — a direct response to Israel's demand for a king like the nations, as anticipated in the law.
In 1 Samuel 10:25, Samuel writes the rights and duties of kingship, fulfilling the command to establish the king's law from Deuteronomy.