1 Samuel 8:1

Israel's Demand For A King

¹ And it came about when Samuel was old that he appointed his sons judges over Israel. ² Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba.

Israel

Samuel

Deuteronomy 16:18-19

“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Judges 5:10

“You who ride on white donkeys,
You who sit on rich carpets,
And you who travel on the road—sing!

Judges 8:22-23

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your son, also your son’s son, for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.”

Judges 10:4

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities in the land of Gilead that are called Havvoth-jair to this day.

Judges 12:14

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel eight years.

2 Chronicles 19:5-6

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

Nehemiah 7:2

then I put Hanani my brother, and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.

1 Timothy 5:21

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality.