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 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.

Israel

Samuel

Deuteronomy 16:18-19

"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Judges 5:10

"Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.

Judges 8:22-23

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian."

Judges 10:4

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

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

I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.

1 Timothy 5:21

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.