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1 Samuel 8:1

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

KJV

Factum est autem cum senuisset Samuel, posuit filios suos judices Israël.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἐγήρασεν Σαμουήλ, καὶ κατέστησεν τούς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ δικαστὰς τῷ Ἰσραήλ.

LXX

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֕י כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר זָקֵ֖ן שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל וַ/יָּ֧שֶׂם אֶת בָּנָ֛י/ו שֹׁפְטִ֖ים לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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People Samuel

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
זָקֵ֔ן
zqn
verb · 27×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל
shmv'l
proper_noun · 140×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers the prophet Samuel, the demand for a king, Saul's anointing and reign, David's anointing, his victory over Goliath, his friendship with Jonathan, Saul's pursuit of David, and Saul's death at Mount Gilboa. Josephus provides psychological depth to the characters.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 12:2 — And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
  • 1Tim 5:21 — I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
  • 2Chr 19:5 — And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
  • Deut 16:18 — Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
  • Judg 5:10 — Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
  • Judg 8:22 — Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
  • Judg 10:4 — And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
  • Judg 12:14 — And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
  • Neh 7:2 — That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.