1 Samuel 12:3 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

1 Samuel 12:3

Samuel’s Address at Saul’s Coronation

1 Now Samuel said to all Israel: “Indeed I have¹ heeded ^ayour voice in all that you said to me, and ^bhave made a king over you.

2 And now here is the king, ^awalking before you; ^band I am old and grayheaded, and look, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.

3 Here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before ^aHis anointed: ^bWhose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any ^cbribe with which to ^dblind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”

4 And they said, ^a“You have not cheated us or oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from any man’s hand.”

5 Then he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, ^athat you have not found anything ^bin my hand.” And they answered, “He is witness.”

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SAMUEL TESTIFIES HIS INTEGRITY. (I Samuel 12:1-5)

Samuel said unto all Israel—This public address was made after the solemn re-instalment of Saul, and before the convention at Gilgal separated. Samuel, having challenged a review of his public life, received a unanimous testimony to the unsullied honor of his personal character, as well as the justice and integrity of his public administration.

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