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1 Samuel 8:2

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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
1 Samuel 8:2 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
  • BSB The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
  • NKJV The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.
  • NASB The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba.
  • NLT Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 5

  • 1 Chr 6:38the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
  • Amos 5:5but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
  • 1 Kgs 19:3When he saw that, he arose, and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
  • 1 Chr 6:28The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.
  • Gen 22:19So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (5)
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Christ at the center

The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.

How 1 Samuel 8:2 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Now the nameשֵׁםof his firstbornבֵּןwas Joelיוֹאֵלand the nameשֵׁםof his secondמִשְׁנֶהAbiahאֲבִיָּהthey were judgesשָׁפַטin Beershebaבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
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