1 Samuel 8:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 16:18-19 : 18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness. 19 You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
  • 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.
  • Judg 5:10 : 10 Let them give thought to it, who go on white asses, and those who are walking on the road.
  • Judg 8:22-23 : 22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian. 23 But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler over you.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.
  • 2 Chr 19:5-6 : 5 And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah, 6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.
  • Neh 7:2 : 2 I made my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem: for he was a man of good faith, fearing God more than most.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 8:2-11
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    81%

    2 The name of his first son was Joel and the name of his second Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

    3 And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.

    4 Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,

    5 And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.

    6 But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord.

    7 And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.

    8 As they have done from the first, from the day when I took them out of Egypt till this day, turning away from me and worshipping other gods, so now they are acting in the same way to you.

    9 Give ear now to their voice: but make a serious protest to them, and give them a picture of the sort of king who will be their ruler.

    10 And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.

    11 And he said, This is the sort of king who will be your ruler: he will take your sons and make them his servants, his horsemen, and drivers of his war-carriages, and they will go running before his war-carriages;

  • 1 Sam 7:15-16
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    15 And Samuel was judge of Israel all the days of his life.

    16 From year to year he went in turn to Beth-el and Gilgal and Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.

  • 1 Sam 12:1-2
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    73%

    1 And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.

    2 And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now.

  • 1 Sam 8:21-22
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    21 Then Samuel, after hearing all the people had to say, went and gave an account of it to the Lord.

    22 And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to their voice and make a king for them. Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let every man go back to his town.

  • 1 Chr 23:1
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    1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
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    20 Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.

  • 1 Chr 6:27-28
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    27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son, Samuel his son.

    28 And the sons of Samuel: the oldest Joel, and the second Abiah.

  • Acts 13:20-21
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    20 And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.

    21 Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

  • 1 Sam 2:21-22
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    70%

    21 And the Lord had mercy on Hannah and she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young Samuel became older before the Lord.

    22 Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.

  • 1 Sam 3:1-3
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    70%

    1 Now the young Samuel was the servant of the Lord before Eli. In those days the Lord kept his word secret from men; there was no open vision.

    2 And at that time, when Eli was resting in his place, (now his eyes were becoming clouded so that he was not able to see,)

    3 And the light of God was still burning, while Samuel was sleeping in the Temple of the Lord where the ark of God was,

  • 1 Sam 17:12
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    12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
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    10 Then the Lord said to Samuel,

  • 1 Sam 16:10
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    10 And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
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    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 3:20
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    20 And it was clear to all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba that Samuel had been made a prophet of the Lord.

  • Judg 2:19
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    19 But whenever the judge was dead, they went back and did more evil than their fathers, going after other gods, to be their servants and their worshippers; giving up nothing of their sins and their hard-hearted ways.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    68%

    1 And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.

  • Judg 12:14
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    14 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.

  • Judg 12:8-9
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    8 And after him, Ibzan of Beth-lehem was judge of Israel.

    9 He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.

  • 1 Sam 15:17
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    17 And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,

  • 1 Sam 12:6
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    6 And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness, who gave authority to Moses and Aaron, and who took your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Sam 16:4
    67%

    4 And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?

  • 1 Sam 2:25-26
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    67%

    25 If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.

    26 And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.

  • 1 Sam 9:14-15
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    67%

    14 So they went up to the town, and when they came inside the town, Samuel came face to face with them on his way to the high place.

    15 Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,

  • 1 Sam 16:6
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    6 Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.

  • 1 Sam 10:1
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    1 Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:

  • 1 Sam 8:19
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    19 But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

  • 1 Sam 3:16
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    16 Then Eli said, Samuel, my son. And Samuel answering said, Here am I.

  • 1 Chr 10:8
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    8 Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 7:5
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    5 Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.