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.