The original text implies that this matter caused anger, indignation, or some revulsion of feeling . The Lord’s answer in 1 Samuel 8:7 …

The thing displeased Samuel. It is clear that the elders of the people were perfectly justified in coming to the resolution contai…

But the thing displeased Samuel
Not that they called him an old man, and suggested that he was incapacitated for his…

Samuel was displeased; he could patiently bear what reflected on himself and his own family; but it displeased him when they said, Give us a ki…