Simply put by Samuel...

1 Samuel 12:14-15 If you will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well. But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and your king. After everyone doing "whatever was right in his own eyes," (Judges), the Israelites are now ready to do so in mass. Somehow they believed a stronger State would save them. They had had a King all along, but wanted one they could see, touch, and manipulate. We have not progressed much farther - maybe even reverted some - thinking the State is our savior, provider, and worthy of our worship. We often forget that sovereign over the state is Someone who made and owns it all, and Who is truly worthy of our worship, obedience, and full devotion. Worship the Real King.