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

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ 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.