Read Psalm 75-78 Psalm 75:6-7, 9, "No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves. It is God who judges: He brings one ...

Read 1 Samuel 4:12-8:22 Think 1 Samuel 8:6-7, "But when they said, ‘Give us a king to lead us,' this displeased Samuel; so, he prayed to the Lord. ...

Read Judges 19:1-21:25 Think Judges 19:1a, "Now in those days Israel had no king." Judges 21:25, "In those days Israel had no king; all the people ...