Biblical Antiquities of Philo: The Biblical Antiquities of Philo: Chapter LVII
CHAPTER LVII.
LVII. And Samuel sent and gathered all the
2 3. Now, therefore, do ye whom the Lord hath not punished answer before the Lord and before his anointed, if it be for this cause that ye have required a king, because I have evil entreated you, and the Lord shall be your witness. But if, now the word of the Lord is fulfilled, I am free, and my father's house. 4. And the people answered: We are thy servants and our king with us; because we are unworthy to be judged by a prophet, therefore said we: Appoint a king over us to judge us.