When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
Parallel translations
- KJV And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
- BSB When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
- NKJV Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel.
- NASB Now it came about, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
- NLT As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.
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- Deut 16:18–19You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
- 1 Tim 5:21I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
- Neh 7:2I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
- 2 Chr 19:5–6He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
- Judg 8:22–23Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son’s son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.”
- Judg 12:14He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years.
- Judg 10:4He 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 5:10“Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
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