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But it displeased Samuel ... Give us a king to judge us
Samuel was unhappy that the people did not just want him to remove his corrupt sons and to appoint honest judges, but they wanted a king to rule over them like other countries had.
Obey the voice of the people
Here "the voice" is a metonym for the will or the desire of the people. AT: "Do what the people say" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
but they have rejected me
Yahweh knew that the people were not just rejecting corrupt judges, but they were rejecting Yahweh as their king.