1 Samuel 8:3

“And his sons walked not in his ways, etc.] The meaning of which is not that they did not go the circuit he did, which is too low a sense of the words some Jewish writers give; but they did not walk in the fear of God, in the paths of religion and righteousness, truth and holiness; they neither served God, nor did justice to men, as Samuel had done: but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment; indulged to covetousness, sought to get riches at any rate, took bribes, which blind the eyes of judges; and so passed wrong judgment, and gave the cause to those that gave the largest gifts, right or wrong.”

“Took bribes - Opportunity and temptation discovered that corruption in them which 'till now was hid from their father. It has often been the grief of holy men, that their children did not tread in their steps. So far from it, that the sons of eminently good men, have been often eminently wicked. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 8:5”

“8:3 they were not like their father: They were more like Eli’s two sons (2:12-17). Their corruption was a primary reason the era of the judges ended.”

“his sons: Sa2 15:4; Kg1 12:6-11; Kg2 21:1-3; Ecc 2:19; Jer 22:15-17 but turned: Exo 18:21; Deu 16:19; Psa 15:5, Psa 26:10; Isa 33:15; Ti1 3:3, Ti1 6:10 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 8:4”