“Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.”

1 Samuel 8:2 (KJV) |

1 Samuel 8:2

From 1 Samuel 8, in the Book of 1 Samuel (Old Testament).

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1

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

2

Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.

3

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

4

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

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