1 Samuel 8:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

WHEN SAMUEL was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

Common English Bible

Now when Samuel got old, he appointed his sons to serve as Israel’s judges.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And it happened that, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.

1 Samuel 8:1 Cross References

Nehemiah 7:2

I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.

1 Timothy 5:21

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without favor, doing nothing from partiality.

Judges 10:4

And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty asses; and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

Judges 12:14

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy asses; and he judged Israel eight years.

Judges 5:10

“Tell of it, you who ride on tawny asses, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.

1 Samuel 12:2

And now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray, and behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth until this day.