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1 Samuel 7:15-8:3
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 7:15-8:3
English Standard Version
15 (A)Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 And he went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah. And he judged Israel in all these places. 17 Then he would return to (B)Ramah, for his home was there, and there also he judged Israel. (C)And he built there an altar to the Lord.
Israel Demands a King
8 When Samuel became old, (D)he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. 3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways (E)but turned aside after gain. (F)They took bribes and perverted justice.
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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