1. And it happened that, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
2. Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of the second was Abijah: judges at Beersheba.
3. But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.
4. Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah.