1 Samuel 8:1
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 5:10You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
Judges 10:4He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
1 Samuel 12:2Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.
Nehemiah 7:2Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
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 →