Verse 1

It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 16:18-19 : 18 Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
• 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I charge you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
• Judg 5:10 : 10 Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, You who walk by the way.
• Judg 8:22-23 : 22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule you over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian. 23 Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Yahweh shall rule over you.
• Judg 10:4 : 4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
• Judg 12:14 : 14 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
• 2 Chr 19:5-6 : 5 He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, 6 and said to the judges, Consider what you do: for you don't judge for man, but for Yahweh; and [he is] with you in the judgment.
• Neh 7:2 : 2 that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.