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1 Samuel 8:3

Listen to 1 Samuel 8:3
3 Et ses fils ne marchèrent point dans ses voies, mais ils s'en détournèrent pour rechercher le gain; et ils prenaient des présents, et pervertissaient le droit.

1 Samuel 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons walked not in his ways
The meaning of which is not that they did not go the circuit he did, which is too low a sense of the words some Jewish writers give; but they did not walk in the fear of God, in the paths of religion and righteousness, truth and holiness; they neither served God, nor did justice to men, as Samuel had done:

but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment;
indulged to covetousness, sought to get riches at any rate, took bribes, which blind the eyes of judges; and so passed wrong judgment, and gave the cause to those that gave the largest gifts, right or wrong.

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1 Samuel 8:3 In-Context

1 Quand Samuel fut devenu vieux, il établit ses fils pour juges sur Israël.
2 Son premier-né s'appelait Joël, et le second Abija; et ils jugeaient à Béer-Shéba.
3 Et ses fils ne marchèrent point dans ses voies, mais ils s'en détournèrent pour rechercher le gain; et ils prenaient des présents, et pervertissaient le droit.
4 Alors tous les anciens d'Israël s'assemblèrent, et vinrent vers Samuel à Rama;
5 Et ils lui dirent: Voici, tu es devenu vieux, et tes fils ne marchent point dans tes voies; maintenant, établis sur nous un roi pour nous juger, comme en ont toutes les nations.

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