1 Samuel 8:2

וַיְהִי שֶׁם ־ בְּנוֹ הַבְּכוֹר יוֹאֵל וְשֵׁם מִשְׁנֵהוּ אֲבִיָּה שֹׁפְטִים בִּבְאֵר שָֽׁבַע ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

In Context

1וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר זָקֵן שְׁמוּאֵל וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת ־ בָּנָיו שֹׁפְטִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

3וְלֹֽא ־ הָלְכוּ בָנָיו בדרכו וַיִּטּוּ אַחֲרֵי הַבָּצַע וַיִּקְחוּ ־ שֹׁחַד וַיַּטּוּ מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃ פ

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Cross References

Genesis 22:19וַיָּשָׁב אַבְרָהָם אֶל ־ נְעָרָיו וַיָּקֻמוּ וַיֵּלְכוּ יַחְדָּו אֶל ־ בְּאֵר שָׁבַע וַיֵּשֶׁב אַבְרָהָם בִּבְאֵר שָֽׁבַע ׃ פ

1 Kings 19:3וַיַּרְא וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל ־ נַפְשׁוֹ וַיָּבֹא בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע אֲשֶׁר לִֽיהוּדָה וַיַּנַּח אֶֽת ־ נַעֲרוֹ שָֽׁם ׃

1 Chronicles 6:28בֶּן ־ יַחַת בֶּן ־ גֵּרְשֹׁם בֶּן ־ לֵוִֽי ׃ ס

Amos 5:5וְאַֽל ־ תִּדְרְשׁוּ בֵּֽית ־ אֵל וְהַגִּלְגָּל לֹא תָבֹאוּ וּבְאֵר שֶׁבַע לֹא תַעֲבֹרוּ כִּי הַגִּלְגָּל גָּלֹה יִגְלֶה וּבֵֽית ־ אֵל יִהְיֶה לְאָֽוֶן ׃

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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