1 Samuel 8:4

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

In Context

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

5and said to him, Behold, thou art become old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now appoint us a king to judge us, like all the nations.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:16Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, hath appeared to me, saying, I have indeed visited you, and [seen] that which is done unto you in Egypt;

1 Samuel 1:19And they rose up early in the morning and worshipped before Jehovah, and returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Jehovah remembered her.

2 Samuel 5:3And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 8:2-4

The Wickedness of Samuel's Sons. ( b. c. 1075.) 1 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. Two sad things we find here, but not strange things:—1. A good and useful man growing old and unfit for service ( v. 1 ): Samuel was old, and could not judge Israel,… Read the whole commentary →

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