1 Samuel 8:2 meaning and explanation
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
1 Samuel 8:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Samuel has grown old and has appointed his two sons to serve as judges, and this verse names them and places them at Beersheba, a town in the far south of Israel. The detail matters because the next verse tells us they did not follow their father's ways but took bribes and perverted justice.
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