1 Samuel 8:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now the name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

American Standard Version (1901)

Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

Common English Bible

The name of his oldest son was Joel; the name of the second was Abijah. They served as judges in Beer-sheba.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of the second was Abijah: judges at Beersheba.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel: and the name of the second was Abia, judges in Bersabee.

1 Samuel 8:2 Cross References

Genesis 22:19

So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beer-sheba, and Abraham lived at Beer-sheba.

Genesis 46:1

When Israel set out on his journey with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

1 Kings 19:3

Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there.

1 Chronicles 6:13

Shallum of Hilkiah, Hilkiah of Azariah,

1 Chronicles 6:28

The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn, the second Abijah.

1 Chronicles 6:38

son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel;

Amos 5:5

but do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over to Beer-sheba, for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nothing.