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1 Samuel 8:2 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 8 · verse 2
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.1 Samuel 8:2 · King James Version
1 Samuel 8:2 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.
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- firstbornbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- firstbornbᵉkôwrfirstbornH1060 →
- BeershebaBᵉʼêr ShebaʻBeer-Sheba, a place in PalestineH884 →
- secondmishnehproperly, a repetitionH4932 →
- judgesshâphaṭto judgeH8199 →
- AbiahʼĂbîyâhAbijah, the name of several Israelite men and two IsraelitessesH29 →
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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