1 Samuel 8:7

And the Lord said to Samuel , Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

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.

And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.