EthanYHWH said to Samuel, "Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king" (1 Samuel 8:7).
In the days of #Eli and #Samuel, #judges of #Israel, the #Philistines continued to oppress the #Israelites.
They even captured the Ark of the #Covenant for a moment but were compelled to return it by YHWH.
Eli's and Samuel's sons were not great authorities and exploited and oppressed the people.