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1 Samuel 8:1
“It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 8
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It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba.
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His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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