1 Samuel 8:1 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 8:1

When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old,.... The common notion of the Jews is, that he lived but fifty two years (t); when a man is not usually called an old man, unless the infirmities of old age came upon him sooner than they commonly do, through his indefatigable labours from his childhood, and the cares and burdens of government he had long bore; though some think he was about sixty years of age; and Abarbinel is of opinion that he was more than seventy.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

This verse implies a long period, probably not less than 20 years, of which we have no account except what is contained in the brief notice in 1Sa 7:13-17. The general idea conveyed is of a time of peace and prosperity, analogous to that under other Judges.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֕י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר	ka.'a.Sher	<just> when	H834 →
זָקֵ֖ן	za.Ken	he was old	H2204 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
וַיָּ֧שֶׂם	vai.Ya.sem	and he made	H7760 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בָּנָ֛יו	ba.Nav	sons his	H1121 →
שֹׁפְטִ֖ים	sho.fe.Tim	judges	H8199 →
לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	le.Yis.ra.'El	for Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Nehemiah 7:2
Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
leads to
- Psalms 101:6
  My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.
- Nehemiah 1:2
  Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
- Matthew 25:21
  His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
- Nehemiah 10:23
  Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
Through
1 Timothy 5:21
I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:13
  I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:
- 2 Timothy 4:1
  I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
- 2 Peter 2:4
  For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
Through
Judges 12:14
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
leads to
- Judges 5:10
  You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

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06About 1 Samuel

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Samuel