1 Samuel 8:1-3

The Israelites ask for a king

1 When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges for the Israelites. 2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel. The name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba town. 3 But Samuel's sons did not live in a good way, as Samuel had done. They took money from people in ways that were not honest. They accepted bribes so that they did not judge in a fair way.