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1 Samuel 8:3 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 8 · verse 3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.1 Samuel 8:3 · King James Version
1 Samuel 8:3 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,
5And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- judgmentmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- walkedhâlakto walkH1980 →
- bribesshachada donationH7810 →
- asidenâṭâhto stretch or spread outH5186 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- lucrebetsaʻplunderH1215 →
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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