1 Samuel 8:3
However, his sons did not follow his ways. They were corrupt, making money by accepting bribes and perverting justice.
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2His first son was named Joel, and his second son was named Abijah. They were rulers in Beersheba.
4So the elders of Israel all joined together and came to meet Samuel at Ramah.
Cross References
Exodus 23:6You must not prevent the poor from getting justice in their lawsuits.
Deuteronomy 16:19Don't pervert justice or show favoritism. Don't take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the wise and twists the words of the truthful.
1 Kings 12:6King Rehoboam asked for advice from the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive. “How do you advise me to reply to these people about this?” he asked.
Psalms 15:5They lend money without charging interest. They don't take bribes to testify against the innocent. Those who act like this will never ever fall.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will rule over everything I accomplished through my wisdom here on earth. This is just so frustrating, so hard to understand!
Isaiah 33:15Those who live right and speak the truth, those who refuse to profit from extortion and refuse to take bribes, who don't listen to plots to kill people, who close their eyes rather than look at evil.
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 →