1 Samuel 8:4
וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצוּ כֹּל זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל ־ שְׁמוּאֵל הָרָמָֽתָה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 3:16לֵךְ וְאָֽסַפְתָּ אֶת ־ זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶם נִרְאָה אֵלַי אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב לֵאמֹר פָּקֹד פָּקַדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם וְאֶת ־ הֶעָשׂוּי לָכֶם בְּמִצְרָֽיִם ׃
1 Samuel 1:19וַיַּשְׁכִּמוּ בַבֹּקֶר וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיָּשֻׁבוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל ־ בֵּיתָם הָרָמָתָה וַיֵּדַע אֶלְקָנָה אֶת ־ חַנָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ וַיִּֽזְכְּרֶהָ יְהוָֽה ׃
2 Samuel 5:3וַיָּבֹאוּ כָּל ־ זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ חֶבְרוֹנָה וַיִּכְרֹת לָהֶם הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד בְּרִית בְּחֶבְרוֹן לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיִּמְשְׁחוּ אֶת ־ דָּוִד לְמֶלֶךְ עַל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ פ
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 →