About 400 years after leaving Egypt, they asked God to set up a human king, such as their pagan neighbors had.
إِنَّ يَهْوَهَ يَصِيرُ مَلِكًا حِينَ يُمَارِسُ سُلْطَتَهُ أَوْ يَسْتَخْدِمُ أَدَاةً لِتَمْثِيلِهِ .‏