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

¹ When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN SAMUEL was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

Common English Bible

¹ Now when Samuel got old, he appointed his sons to serve as Israel’s judges.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And it happened that, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

1 Samuel 8:1 Cross References

1 Timothy 5:21

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, I warn you to keep these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing on the basis of partiality.

Nehemiah 7:2

I gave my brother Hanani charge over Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.

Judges 12:14

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

Judges 10:4

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns, which are in the land of Gilead and are called Havvoth-jair to this day.

Judges 5:10

Sing of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.

1 Samuel 12:2

See, it is the king who leads you now; I am old and gray, but my sons are with you. I have led you from my youth until this day.