Parallel Verses English Standard Version Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice. King James Bible And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. American Standard Version And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice. Douay-Rheims Bible And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. English Revised Version And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. Webster's Bible Translation And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. 1 Samuel 8:3 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentIn consequence of the defeat at Ebenezer, the Philistines were obliged to restore to the Israelites the cities which they had taken from them, "from Ekron to Gath." This definition of the limits is probably to be understood as exclusive, i.e., as signifying that the Israelites received back their cities up to the very borders of the Philistines, measuring these borders from Ekron to Gath, and not that the Israelites received Ekron and Gath also. For although these chief cities of the Philistines had been allotted to the tribes of Judah and Dan in the time of Joshua (Joshua 13:3-4; Joshua 15:45-46), yet, notwithstanding the fact that Judah and Simeon conquered Ekron, together with Gaza and Askelon, after the death of Joshua (Judges 1:18), the Israelites did not obtain any permanent possession. "And their territory" (coasts), i.e., the territory of the towns that were given back to Israel, not that of Ekron and Gath, "did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites;" i.e., the Canaanitish tribes also kept peace with Israel after this victory of the Israelites over the Philistines, and during the time of Samuel. The Amorites are mentioned, as in Joshua 10:6, as being the most powerful of the Canaanitish tribes, who had forced the Danites out of the plain into the mountains (Judges 1:34-35). Treasury of Scripture Knowledge his sons but turned Psalm 26:10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. Cross References Exodus 23:6 "You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. Exodus 23:8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right. Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. 1 Samuel 2:35 And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever. 1 Samuel 12:2 And now, behold, the king walks before you, and I am old and gray; and behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day. Jump to Previous Accepted Bribe Bribes Dishonest However Judging Judgment Justice Lucre Money Moved Perverted Rewards Turn Turned Upright Walk Walked WaysJump to Next Accepted Bribe Bribes Dishonest However Judging Judgment Justice Lucre Money Moved Perverted Rewards Turn Turned Upright Walk Walked WaysLinks 1 Samuel 8:3 NIV1 Samuel 8:3 NLT 1 Samuel 8:3 ESV 1 Samuel 8:3 NASB 1 Samuel 8:3 KJV 1 Samuel 8:3 Bible Apps 1 Samuel 8:3 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 8:3 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 8:3 French Bible 1 Samuel 8:3 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |