"Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: {they were} judges in Beersheba." — 1 Samuel 8:2

1 Samuel 8:2 · KJV

“Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: {they were} judges in Beersheba.”

— 1 Samuel 8:2

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

1 Samuel 8 — Context

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.

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

Cross References

Genesis 22:19

So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

Amos 5:5

But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

1 Chronicles 6:28

And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. {Vashni: called also Joel}

1 Chronicles 6:38

The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

1 Kings 19:3

And when he saw {that}, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which {belongeth} to Judah, and left his servant there.