1 Samuel 8:3
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His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageBeersheba was a southern Israelite town on the edge of the Negev, near the route toward Egypt, the land southwest of Canaan. Samuel appointed his sons there as judges, but their corrupt conduct exposed Israel’s need for righteous leadership rather than merely hereditary rule.
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1 Samuel 8:3 mentions Beersheba and Egypt.
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