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1 Samuel 8:4

SamuelRamah

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.

So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

5 “Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

6 But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

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BSB
So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
KJV
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
WEB
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
ASV
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;
DARBY
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah,
BLB
And all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,
ÅB
Da samlet alle Israels eldste seg og kom til Samuel i Rama.
OTB
Da samlet alle de eldste i Israel seg og kom til Samuel i Rama.
B1930
Da samlet alle Israels eldste sig og kom til Samuel i Rama.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 5:3

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:17

    Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

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  • Exodus 24:1

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

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  • Exodus 3:16

    Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.

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