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. He named his second son Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

Israel

Samuel

Deuteronomy 16:18-19

Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every city Jehovah your God gives you. They are to judge the people fairly.

Judges 5:10

Speak of it, you who ride on white donkeys, sitting on saddles. You that must walk wherever you go.

Judges 8:22-23

The Israelites said to Gideon: Be our ruler, you and your descendants after you. You saved us from the Midianites.

Judges 10:4

He had thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys. They had thirty cities in the land of Gilead. They are called the villages of Jair.

Judges 12:14

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon led Israel for eight years,

2 Chronicles 19:5-6

He appointed judges in the country, in each fortified city of Judah.

Nehemiah 7:2

I appointed my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem. For he was a man of good faith, respecting God more than most.

1 Timothy 5:21

I charge you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these [principles] without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.