1 Samuel 8:1
And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
In Context
2Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel: and the name of the second was Abia, judges in Bersabee.
Cross References
Judges 5:10Speak, you that ride upon fair asses, and you that sit in judgment, and walk in the way.
Judges 10:4Having thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and were princes of thirty cities, which from his name were called Havoth Jair, that is, the towns of Jair, until this present day in the land of Galaad.
1 Samuel 12:2And now the king goeth before you: but I am old and greyheaded: and my sons are with you: having then conversed with you from my youth unto this day, behold here I am.
Nehemiah 7:2I commanded Hanani my brother, and Hananias ruler of the house of Jerusalem, (for he seemed as a sincere man, and one that feared God above the rest,)
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 8:1
Things went so very well with Israel, in the chapter before, under Samuel's administration, that, methinks, it is a pity to find him so quickly, as we do in this chapter, old, and going off, and things working towards a revolution. But so it is; Israel's good days seldom continue long. We have here, I. Samuel decaying, ver. 1 . II. His sons degenerating, ver. 2, 3 . III. Israel discontented with the present government and anxious to see a change. For 1. They petition Samuel to set a king over them, ver. 4, 5 . 2.… Read the whole commentary →