1. And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.
2. Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel: and the name of the second was Abia, judges in Bersabee.
3. And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
4. Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled, came to Samuel to Ramatha.