1 When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel; the name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
3 The sons didn’t follow their father’s example but turned to dishonest ways of making money. They took bribes and denied people justice.
4 Then all the leaders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.