1 Samuel 8:1

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Bvt whan Samuel waxed olde, he set his sonnes to be iudges ouer Israel.

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  • Deut 16:18-19 : 18 Ivdges & officers shalt thou ordeyne within all yi gates, which ye LORDE thy God geueth the amoge thy trybes, yt they maye iudge the people with righteous iudgment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest the lawe. Thou shalt knowe no personne also, ner take giftes. For giftes blynde the eyes of ye wyse, & peruerte ye righteous causes.
  • 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I testifye before God and the LORDE Iesus Christ, and ye electe angels, that thou obserue these thinges without haistie iudgment, and do nothinge parcially.
  • Judg 5:10 : 10 Ye that ryde vpo fayre Asses, ye that syt in iudgment and geue sentence, ye that go by the waye, prayse the LORDE.
  • Judg 8:22-23 : 22 Then sayde certayne in Israel vnto Gedeon: Be thou lorde ouer vs, thou and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne, for so moch as thou hast delyuered vs from ye hande of ye Madianites. 23 Neuertheles Gedeon saide vnto them: I wil not be lorde ouer you, nether shal my sonne be lorde ouer you, but the LORDE shalbe lorde ouer you.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 and hath thirtie sonnes, rydinge vpon thirtie asses foales: and had thirtie cities, whose names are Hauoth Iair (that is, the cities of Iair) vnto this daye, and lye in Gilead.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 which had fortye sonnes, & thirtie neuies ( which rode vpo seuentye Asses foales) and he iudged Israel eighte yeare,
  • 2 Chr 19:5-6 : 5 And he set Iudges thorow out the londe, in all the stronge cities of Iuda, and a certayne in euery cite. 6 And sayde vnto the Iudges: Take hede what ye do: for ye execute not the iudgment of man, but of the LORDE, and he is with you in iudgmet:
  • Neh 7:2 : 2 And I comaunded my brother Hanam, and Hanama the ruler of the palace at Ierusalem: for he was a faithfull man, and feared God more then dyd many other

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

    2His firstborne sonne was called Ioel & the secode Abia, & they were iudges at Bersaba.

    3Neuertheles his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but enclyned vnto couetousnes, & toke giftes, & wraysted the lawe.

    4Then all ye Elders in Israel gathered the selues together, & came to Ramath vnto Samuel,

    5& saide vnto him: Beholde, thou art waxen olde, & thy sonnes walke not in yi wayes, set a kynge now ouer vs therfore, to iudge vs, as all ye Heithe haue.

    6The was Samuel displeased wha they sayde: Geue vs a kynge, to iudge as. And Samuel prayed before the LORDE.

    7The LORDE saide vnto Samuel: Herken vnto the voice of the people in all yt they haue sayde vnto the. For they haue not refused the, but me, yt I shulde not be kinge ouer them.

    8They do vnto the as they haue done euer, sence the daie yt I brought them out of the londe of Egipte vnto this daye, and haue forsaken me, and serued other goddes.

    9Herke now therfore vnto their voyce. Yet testifye vnto them, and shewe them the lawe of the kynge that shall raigne ouer them.

    10And Samuel tolde all the wordes of the LORDE vnto ye people, that requyred a kinge of him.

    11This shal be the lawe of the kynge yt shal raigne ouer you: Yor sonnes shall he take for his charettes, and for horsmen to runne before his charettes,

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

    15Samuel iudged Israel as loge as he liued,

    16& wete aboute euery yeare vnto Bethel & Gilgal & Mispa: & wha he had iudged Israel in all these places,

  • 1 Sam 12:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Samuel sayde vnto all Israel: Beholde, I haue herkened vnto youre voyce in all that ye sayde vnto me, and haue made a kynge ouer you.

    2And now lo, there goeth youre kynge before you. As for me, I am waxen olde and graye heered, and my sonnes are with you: and I haue gone before you fro my youth vp vnto this daye.

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

    21The herkened Samuel vnto all yt ye people sayde, & tolde it before ye eares of the LORDE.

    22The LORDE sayde vnto the: Herken thou vnto their voyce, and make them a kynge. And Samuel sayde vnto the men of Israel: Go youre waye euery one vnto his cite.

  • 1 Chr 23:1
    71%

    1So Dauid made Salomon his sonne kynge ouer Israel, whan he himselfe was olde, and had lyued ynough.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
    71%

    20And after certayne dayes, she coceaued and bare a sonne, and called his name Samuel, for I haue desyred him (sayde she) of the LORDE.

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

    27whose sonne was Eliab, whose sonne was Ieroham, whose sonne was Elkana,

    28whose sonne was Samuel. Whose first borne sonnes were Seni and Abija.

  • Acts 13:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20After that gaue he them iudges by the space of foure hundreth and fiftye yeares, vnto the prophet Samuel.

    21And after that they desyred a kynge, and God gaue vnto them Saul the sonne of Cis, a man of the trybe of BenIamin, fortye yeares longe.

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

    21And the LORDE vysited Anna, so that she coceaued and bare thre sonnes and two doughters: but the childe Samuel grewe vp with the LORDE.

    22As for Eli, he was very olde, and herde of all that his sonnes dyd vnto all Israel, and how they laye with the wemen that serued God before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse,

  • 1 Sam 3:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1And whan the childe Samuel mynistred vnto the LORDE vnder Eli, the worde of ye LORDE was deare at the same tyme, nether was there eny sure & manifest vision.

    2And it fortuned at the same tyme, that Eli laye in his place, and his eyes beganne to be dymme, so that he coulde not se.

    3And Samuel had layed him downe in ye temple of the LORDE (where the Arke of God was) before ye lampe of God was put out.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    69%

    12But Dauid was the sonne of a man of Ephrata of Bethleem Iuda, whose name was Isai, which had eight sonnes, and was an olde man in Sauls tyme, and was well strycken in age amonge men.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
    69%

    10Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto Samuel, and sayde:

  • 1 Sam 16:10
    69%

    10Then broughte Isai his seuen sonnes before Samuel. Neuertheles Samuel saide vnto Isai: The LORDE hath chosen none of these.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    68%

    3And all the Elders of Israel came to the kynge vnto Hebron. And Dauid made a couenaunt with them at Hebron before the LORDE. And they anoynted Dauid to be kynge ouer Israel acordynge to the worde of the LORDE by Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 3:20
    68%

    20And all Israel fro Dan vnto Bersaba, knewe yt Samuel was faithfull to be a prophet of the LORDE.

  • Judg 2:19
    68%

    19Neuertheles whan the iudge dyed, they turned backe, and marred all more the their fathers, so that they folowed other goddes to serue them and to bowe them selues vnto them: they wolde not fall from their purposes, ner from their obstinate waye.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    68%

    1Samuel sayde vnto Saul: The LORDE sent me to anoynte the for to be kynge ouer his people of Israel: heare now therfore the voyce of the wordes of the LORDE.

  • Judg 12:14
    68%

    14which had fortye sonnes, & thirtie neuies ( which rode vpo seuentye Asses foales) and he iudged Israel eighte yeare,

  • Judg 12:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8After him iudged Israel one Ebzan of Bethleem,

    9which had thirtie sonnes and as many doughters: and his thirtie doughters gaue he forth to mariage, and thirtie doughters toke he from without for his sonnes, and iudged Israel seuen yeare,

  • 1 Sam 15:17
    68%

    17Samuel sayde: Whan thou wast but small in thine awne eyes, wast thou not ye heade amoge the trybes of Israel? & the LORDE anoynted the to be kynge ouer Israel?

  • 1 Sam 12:6
    67%

    6And Samuel sayde vnto the people: The LORDE which made Moses and Aaron, and broughte youre fathers out of the londe of Egipte (is here present.)

  • 1 Sam 16:4
    67%

    4Samuel dyd as the LORDE sayde, and came to Bethleem. Then were the Elders of the cite astonnyed, and wente forth to mete him, and sayde: Is thy commynge peaceable?

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

    25Yf eny ma synne agaynst a man, the iudge ca redresse it. But yf eny ma synne agaynst ye LORDE, who can redresse it? Neuertheles they herkened not vnto the voyce of their father, for the LORDES wyll was to slaye them.

    26But the childe Samuel wente and grewe vp, & was accepted of the LORDE & of me.

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

    14And whan they came vp to the cite, and were euen in the myddes of the cite, beholde, Samuel came forth in their waye, and wolde go vp to the hye place.

    15( But the LORDE had opened Samuels eare the daye afore, or euer Saul came, and sayde:

  • 1 Sam 16:6
    67%

    6Now wha they came in, he behelde Eliab, & thoughte, whether he shulde be his anoynted before the LORDE.

  • 1 Sam 10:1
    67%

    1Then toke Samuel a glasse of oyle, and poured it vpo his heade, and kissed him, and sayde: Seist thou that the LORDE hath anoynted the, to be the prince ouer his enheritauce?

  • 1 Sam 8:19
    67%

    19Neuerthelesse the people refused to heare the voyce of Samuel, and sayde: Not so, but there shall be a kynge ouer vs,

  • 1 Sam 3:16
    67%

    16Then Eli called him & sayde: Samuel my sonne. He answered: Beholde, here am I.

  • 1 Chr 10:8
    67%

    8On the morowe came the Philistynes to spoyle the slayne, and founde Saul, and his sonnes lyenge vpon mount Gelboa,

  • 1 Sam 7:5
    67%

    5Samuel saide: Gather all Israel together vnto Mispa, that I maye praye for you vnto the LORDE.