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Bishop's Bible

1 Samuel 8:2

The name of his eldest sonne was Ioel, and the name of the seconde Abia, and they were iudges in Beerseba.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abia;   Beer-Sheba;   Joel;   Judge;   Minister, Christian;   Rulers;   Samuel;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Kingdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Beer-Sheba;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abiah;   Beer-Sheba;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Samuel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - King, Kingship;   Priest, Priesthood;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Joel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abia;   Beersheba;   Forest;   Joel;   Samuel;   Vashni;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abiah;   Abijah;   Beer-Sheba;   Samuel, Books of;   Vashni;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abijah;   Beersheba;   Israel;   Joel;   Vashni;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abia, Abiah ;   Joel ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Joel;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abia abiah or abijah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abi'a, Abi'ah,;   Jo'el;   Sam'uel;   Vash'ni;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Abiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Beersheba;   Joel (1);   Korahites;   Samuel;   Text of the Old Testament;   Vashni;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abiah;   Beer-sheba;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Beer-Sheba;   Joel;   Judge;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
His firstborn son’s name was Joel and his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beer-sheba.
Hebrew Names Version
Now the name of his firstborn was Yo'el; and the name of his second, Aviyah: they were judges in Be'er-Sheva.
King James Version
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
Lexham English Bible
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
English Standard Version
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.
New Century Version
His first son was named Joel, and his second son was named Abijah. Joel and Abijah were judges in Beersheba.
New English Translation
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beer Sheba.
Amplified Bible
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba.
New American Standard Bible
The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba.
Geneva Bible (1587)
(And the name of his eldest sonne was Ioel, and the name of the second Abiah) euen Iudges in Beer-sheba.
Legacy Standard Bible
The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba.
Complete Jewish Bible
His firstborn was named Yo'el, while his second son was named Aviyah; they were judges in Be'er-Sheva.
Darby Translation
And the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah; they judged in Beer-sheba.
Easy-to-Read Version
Samuel's first son was named Joel. His second son was named Abijah. Joel and Abijah were judges in Beersheba.
George Lamsa Translation
Now the name of his first-born son was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.
Good News Translation
The older son was named Joel and the younger one Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.
Literal Translation
And the name of his first-born was Joel, and the name of his second, Abiah, judges in Beer-sheba.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
His firstborne sonne was called Ioel & the secode Abia, & they were iudges at Bersaba.
American Standard Version
Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
Bible in Basic English
The name of his first son was Joel and the name of his second Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.
King James Version (1611)
Now the name of his first borne was Ioel, and the name of his second, Abiah: they were Iudges in Beer-sheba.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these are the names of his sons; Joel the first-born, and the name of the second Abia, judges in Bersabee.
English Revised Version
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer–sheba.
Berean Standard Bible
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the name of his firste gendrid sone was Johel, and the name of the secounde was Abia, iugis in Bersabee.
Young's Literal Translation
And the name of his first-born son is Joel, and the name of his second Abiah, judges in Beer-Sheba:
Update Bible Version
Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beer-sheba.
World English Bible
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba.
New King James Version
The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.
New Living Translation
Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba.
New Life Bible
The name of his first-born son was Joel. And the name of his second son was Abijah. They were men who judged in Beersheba.
New Revised Standard
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the name of his firstborn son was, Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah, - they were judges in Beer-sheba.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel: and the name of the second was Abia, judges in Bersabee.
Revised Standard Version
The name of his first-born son was Jo'el, and the name of his second, Abi'jah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba.

Contextual Overview

1 When Samuel was old, he made his sonnes iudges ouer Israel. 2 The name of his eldest sonne was Ioel, and the name of the seconde Abia, and they were iudges in Beerseba. 3 And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke rewarde, and peruerted the ryght.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joel: 1 Chronicles 6:28, 1 Chronicles 6:38, Vashni

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:6 - the judges 1 Chronicles 5:4 - Joel 1 Chronicles 5:12 - Joel 1 Chronicles 15:17 - Heman

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the sixe hundreth yere of Noahs lyfe, in the seconde moneth, the seuenteene day of ye moneth, in the same day were all the fountaynes of the great deepe broken vp, and the wyndowes of heauen were opened.
Genesis 8:11
And the Doue came to hym in the euentide, and loe, in her mouth was an Oliue leafe that she had pluct, wherby Noah dyd knowe that the waters were abated vpon the earth.
Genesis 8:13
And it came to passe, in the sixe hundreth and one yere, in ye first moneth, the first [day] of the moneth, the waters were dryed vp from the earth, and Noah remoued the coueryng of the arke, and looked, and beholde, the vpper face of the grounde was dryed vp.
Job 38:37
Who numbreth the cloudes in wysdome? who stilleth the vehement waters of the heauen?
Proverbs 8:28
When he hanged the cloudes aboue, when he fastened the springes of the deepe:
Jonah 2:3
Thou haddest cast me downe into the deepe, into the middest of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy billowes and waues passed ouer me.
Matthew 8:9
For I also my selfe am vnder aucthoritie, and haue souldiers vnder me: and I say to this man go, and he goeth: and to another, come, and he commeth: and to my seruaunt, do this, and he doth it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now the name of his firstborn was Joel,.... In 1 Chronicles 6:28 he is called Vashni; 1 Chronicles 6:28- :. This was not Joel the prophet, as some have thought, neither his parentage, nor his office, nor his times, will agree with this:

and the name of his second Abiah: which two sons seem to be all he had:

they were judges in Beersheba; in the utmost border of the land, to the south, as Ramah, where Samuel dwelt and judged, was more to the north; where they were placed by their father, for the greater convenience of the people of Israel that lived southward, to bring their causes to them, as those lived more northward might bring them to him: according to Josephus w, they were placed by their father, the one in Bethel, one of the places Samuel used to go to in his circuit and judge, and the other at Beersheba. But some, as Junius and others, think it should be rendered, "unto Beersheba"; and so takes in its opposite, Dan, which lay at the utmost border of the land northward; hence the phrase, "from Dan to Beersheba"; and that the one was settled at Dan for the sake of the northern part of the land, and the other at Beersheba, for the sake of the southern: or rather these sons of Samuel placed themselves at Beersheba; which was an ill judged thing, to be both in one place, and which must give the people of Israel a great deal of trouble, and put them to a large expense to come from all quarters thither, to have their causes tried; but that is not the worst.

w Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 6. c. 3.) sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The mention of Beer-sheba, on the extreme southern frontier of Judah, as the place where Samuel’s sons judged Israel is remarkable. It was probably due to the recovery of territory from the usurpation of the Philistines 1 Samuel 7:14.


 
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