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1 Samuel 8:1 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 8 · verse 1
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.1 Samuel 8:1 · King James Version
1 Samuel 8:1 in context
1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- SamuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- judgesshâphaṭto judgeH8199 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- madesûwmto putH7760 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- oldzâqênto be oldH2204 →
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Two sad things we find here, but not strange things: - 1. A good and useful man growing old and unfit for service (Sa1 8:1): Samuel was old, and could not judge Israel, as he had done. He is not reckoned to be past sixty years of age now, perhaps not so much;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3