1Sa 8:3-5 | NASB1995 | STEP | His sons , however, did not walk in his ways , but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice .

1 Samuel 8:3-5

3 His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and ^atook bribes and perverted justice.

4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at ^bRamah; 5 and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now ^cappoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations.”