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1 Samuel 8:1

Samuel
Old age
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

3 But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.

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BSB
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
KJV
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
WEB
When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
ASV
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
DARBY
And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
BLB
And it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel.
ÅB
Da Samuel ble gammel, satte han sine sønner til dommere over Israel.
OTB
Da Samuel ble gammel, satte han sine sønner til dommere over Israel.
B1930
Da Samuel blev gammel, satte han sine sønner til dommere over Israel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 16:18–19

    You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

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  • 1 Timothy 5:21

    I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.

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  • Judges 8:22–23

    Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”

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  • Nehemiah 7:2

    Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

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  • Judges 12:14

    He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.

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  • 2 Chronicles 19:5–6

    He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.

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  • Judges 10:4

    He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.

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  • Judges 5:10

    You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

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