Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The mention of Beer-sheba, on the extreme southern frontier of Judah, as the place where Samuel' s sons judged Israel is remarkable. It was probably due to the recovery of territory from the usurpation of the Philistines I Samuel 7:14.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Samuel 8:2:
1 Chronicles 27:25-31
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