All the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.
In regard to this verse  (1 Samuel 12:23), Willis observed that, "Samuel here reaffirms his intention to continue his role as a prophet, ... and priest in Israel, declaring that Israel's gaining a king will not interfere in this work."[16]