See illustrations: 1 Kings 5:13–18 and 1 Kings 12:4.

The Lord will not hear you in that day. — After the separation of the north and the south, when King Solomon was dead, a …

And you shall cry out in that day, because of your king
His power and pride, his oppression and tyranny, his heavy e…

If they wished to have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those who submit…