King James Version
1 Samuel 8:1 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.”
1 Samuel 8:1 · KJV
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that he made”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“judges”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
“over Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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