1 Samuel 8:1

Israel Demands a King

1 Now it came to pass when Samuel was a old that he b made his c sons judges over Israel.

  1. Cross References
    Judges 21:4
    So it was, on the next morning, that the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
  2. Cross References
    1 Samuel 12:2
    And now here is the king, walking before you; and I am old and grayheaded, and look, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 16:18
    You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
    Deuteronomy 16:19
    You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
    2 Chronicles 19:5
    Then he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.
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