1 Samuel 8:3
“And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke bribes, & peruerted iudgement.”
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1 Samuel 8:3 Context
1And it came to passe, when Samuel was old, that he made his sonnes Iudges ouer Israel. 2Now the name of his first borne was Ioel, and the name of his second, Abiah: they were Iudges in Beer-sheba. 3And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke bribes, & peruerted iudgement. 4Then all the Elders of Israel gathered themselues together, and came to Samuel vnto Ramah, 5And said vnto him, Behold, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: now make vs a King to iudge vs, like all the nations.
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And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
- King James Version
His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.
- New American Standard Version (1995)