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1 Samuel 8:1

Samuel
Old age
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

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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

    Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

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  • 1 Timothy 5:21

    I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

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  • Judges 8:22–23

    Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

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  • Nehemiah 7:2

    That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

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  • Judges 12:14

    And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

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  • 2 Chronicles 19:5–6

    And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

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  • Judges 10:4

    And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

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  • Judges 5:10

    Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

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