John Gill Commentary 1 Samuel 8:10

"And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king." — 1 Samuel 8:10 (ASV)

And Samuel told all the words of the Lord to them
How he considered this request of theirs as a rejection of him as their king, and that it was acting the same ungrateful part they had always done; and since they were so importunate to have it granted, it should be done; but that he was ordered to lay before them all the inconveniences that would attend it, and the evils that would follow upon it to them:

that asked of him a king ;
that asked of him a king ;
which is observed, not to distinguish a part of them from the rest; for this was an united request of the people.