1 Samuel 8:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

When Samuel was old, he made his sonnes iudges ouer Israel.

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  • Deut 16:18-19 : 18 Iudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy cities which the Lorde thy God geueth thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall iudge the people with iust iudgement. 19 Wrest not thou the lawe, nor knowe any person, neither take any rewarde: for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise, & peruert the wordes of the righteous.
  • 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I testifie before God, and the Lorde Iesus Christe, and the elect angels, that thou obserue these thinges without hastynesse of iudgement, and do nothyng after parcialitie.
  • Judg 5:10 : 10 Speake ye that ryde on fayre asses, ye that dwell by Middin, and that walke by the wayes.
  • Judg 8:22-23 : 22 Then the men of Israel sayde vnto Gedeon: Raigne thou ouer vs, both thou, thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne, for thou hast deliuered vs out of ye hand of Madian. 23 And Gedeon sayd vnto them: I wyll not raigne ouer you, neither shall my childe raigne ouer you: but the Lorde shall raigne ouer you.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 And he had thirtie sonnes that rode on thirtie Asse coltes, and they had thirtie cities, which are called Hauoth Iair vnto this day, and are in the lande of Gilead.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 And he had fourtie sonnes, and thirtie neuewes, that rode on threscore and ten asse coltes: And when Abdon the sonne of Hellel the Pharathonite had iudged Israel eight yeres,
  • 2 Chr 19:5-6 : 5 And he set iudges in the lande throughout all the strong cities of Iuda, citie by citie: 6 And sayde to the iudges, Take heede what ye do: for ye execute not the iudgementes of man, but of God, whiche is with you in the iudgement.
  • Neh 7:2 : 2 And I commaunded my brother Hanani, and Hanania the ruler of the castle at Hierusalem, (for he was a faithfull man, and feared God more then did many other)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 8:2-11
    10 verses
    81%

    2The name of his eldest sonne was Ioel, and the name of the seconde Abia, and they were iudges in Beerseba.

    3And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke rewarde, and peruerted the ryght.

    4Then all the elders of Israel gathered them together, and came to Samuel vnto Rama,

    5And sayd vnto him: Beholde, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: Now therfore make vs a king to iudge vs, as all other nations haue

    6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, geue vs a king to iudge vs: And Samuel prayed vnto the lorde.

    7And the Lorde saide vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they say vnto thee: For they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not raigne ouer them.

    8And as they haue euer done sence I brought them out of Egypt vnto this day, and haue forsaken me, and serued other gods, euen so do they vnto thee.

    9Now therefore hearken vnto their voyce: howbeit yet testifie vnto them, & shewe them the maner of the king that shall raigne ouer them.

    10And Samuel tolde all the wordes of the Lorde vnto the people that asked a king of him,

    11And he said: This shal be the maner of the king that shall raigne ouer you, he will take your sonnes and put them to his charets, and make his horsemen of them, to run before his charet.

  • 1 Sam 7:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15Samuel iudged Israel all the dayes of his life:

    16And went about yere by yere to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mispah, and iudged Israel in all those places.

  • 1 Sam 12:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1And Samuel sayd vnto al Israel: Beholde, I haue hearkened vnto your voyce in all that ye sayde vnto me, and haue made a king ouer you.

    2Nowe therfore, your king walketh before you: and I am olde and graye headed, and behold my sonnes are with you, & I haue walked before you from my childehod vnto this day.

  • 1 Sam 8:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21Therfore when Samuel hearde all the wordes of the people, he rehearsed them in the eares of the Lord.

    22And the Lord sayd to Samuel: Hearken vnto their voyce, and make them a king. And Samuel said vnto the men of Israel: Go euery man vnto his citie.

  • 1 Chr 23:1
    71%

    1So when Dauid was olde and full of dayes, he made Solomon his sonneking ouer Israel.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
    71%

    20For in processe of time it came to passe, that she conceaued, and bare a sonne, & called his name Samuel, saying: Because I haue asked him of the Lorde.

  • 1 Chr 6:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27And his sonne Eliab, and Ieroham his sonne, and Elcana his sonne,

    28And the sonnes of Samuel: the eldest Uasui, and Abia.

  • Acts 13:20-21
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    71%

    20And afterwarde, he gaue vnto them iudges, about the space of foure hundred and fyftie yeres, vnto the tyme of Samuel the prophete.

    21And afterwarde, they desired a kyng, and God gaue vnto them Saul, the sonne of Cis, a man of the tribe of Beniamin, by the space of fourtie yeres.

  • 1 Sam 2:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21And the Lorde visited Hanna, so that she conceaued, and bare three sonnes, & two daughters: And the childe Samuel grew before the Lorde.

    22Eli was very olde, and heard all that his sonnes did vnto Israel, & how they lay with the women that wayted at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • 1 Sam 3:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1And the chylde Samuel ministred vnto the Lorde before Eli, and the worde of the Lord was precious in those dayes, neither was there any open vision.

    2And as at that tyme Eli lay in his place, his eyes began to waxe dymme that he coulde not see.

    3And yet the lampe of God went out, Samuel layde hym downe to sleepe in the temple of the Lord, where the arke of God was.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    69%

    12Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem Iuda, named Isai, which had eyght sonnes, & this man was taken for an olde man in the dayes of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
    69%

    10Then came the word of the Lord vnto Samuel, saying:

  • 1 Sam 16:10
    69%

    10Againe Isai made seuen of his sonnes to come before Samuel, and Samuel sayd vnto Isai: The Lorde hath chosen none of these.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    68%

    3Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron, and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebro before the Lorde: And they annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel according to the worde of the Lorde, by the hande of Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 3:20
    68%

    20And all Israel, from Dan to Beerseba, wyst that faythfull Samuel was the Lordes prophete.

  • Judg 2:19
    68%

    19Yet for all that, assoone as the iudge was dead, they returned, and dyd worse then their fathers, in folowing straunge goddes, to serue them & worship them: and ceassed not from their owne inuentions, nor from their malitious way.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    68%

    1Samuel also saide vnto Saul: The Lord sent me to anoynt thee, to be king ouer his people, ouer Israel: Now therfore hearken thou vnto the voyce of the wordes of the Lorde.

  • Judg 12:14
    68%

    14And he had fourtie sonnes, and thirtie neuewes, that rode on threscore and ten asse coltes: And when Abdon the sonne of Hellel the Pharathonite had iudged Israel eight yeres,

  • Judg 12:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8After this man, iudged Israel one Ibzan of Bethlehem.

    9And he had thirtie sonnes and thirtie daughters, whom he sent out, and toke in thirtie daughters from abrode for his sonnes. And when Ibzan had iudged Israel seuen yere,

  • 1 Sam 15:17
    68%

    17Samuel said: When thou wast litle in thyne owne sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lorde annoynted thee kyng ouer Israel?

  • 1 Sam 12:6
    67%

    6And Samuel sayd vnto the people: It is the Lorde that made Moyses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers out of the lande of Egypt.

  • 1 Sam 16:4
    67%

    4And so Samuel did as the Lord bade him, and came to Bethlehem: and the elders of the towne were astonyed at his comming, and saide: Commest thou peaceably?

  • 1 Sam 2:25-26
    2 verses
    67%

    25If one man sinne against another, the Iudge shall iudge it: But if a man sinne against the Lord, who will be his dayseman? Notwithstandiug, they hearkened not vnto the voyce of their father, because the Lorde would slay the.

    26(The childe Samuel profited & grew, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men.)

  • 1 Sam 9:14-15
    2 verses
    67%

    14And they went vp into the citie: And when they were come into the middes of the citie, beholde Samuel came out agaynst them, for to go vp to the hill.

    15But the Lorde had tolde Samuel in his eare (a day before Saul came) saying:

  • 1 Sam 16:6
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    6And when they were come, he loked on Eliab, & saide: Surelye the Lordes annoynted is before him.

  • 1 Sam 10:1
    67%

    1And the Samuel toke a vessell of oyle, and powred it vpon his head, and kissed him, and sayd: Hath not the Lord annoynted thee, to be captaine ouer his inheritaunce?

  • 1 Sam 8:19
    67%

    19Neuerthelesse, the people woulde not heare the voyce of Samuel, but did say, Nay, not so: But there shalbe a king ouer vs,

  • 1 Sam 3:16
    67%

    16Then Eli called Samuel, and sayde: Samuel, my sonne. And he aunswered: Here am I.

  • 1 Chr 10:8
    67%

    8And it fortuned, that on the morowe when the Philistines came to strip the dead bodies, they founde Saul and his sonnes ouerthrowen in mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 7:5
    67%

    5And Samuel sayde: Gather all Israel to Mispah, and I wyll praye for you vnto the Lord.