Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 12:4
And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man’s hand.
Verse 4. They said, Thou hast not defrauded] Of what minister or governor can any nation under heaven say such things?
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And they said,…. One in the name of the rest, or they all cried out as one man:
thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us; had done them no wrong, neither privately nor publicly, by fraud or by force:
neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand; as a gift, present, or bribe, to fit your his cause. Some would infer hence that be took nothing of them for his support and maintenance, and that he lived upon his own substance; but that is not likely or reasonable; it was but just that they should support him and his family suitably to his character as a judge, whose whole life was spent in their service.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(4) And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.
The answer of Israel is highly gratifying, in testimony to the character of Samuel, though it be only of the negative kind; not in giving him applause, but in doing him justice.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.
Ver. 4. Thou hast not defrauded us. ] Happy is Samuel thus to be acquitted by himself in private, by others in public, in both by God. Quoad vixit, virtutum laude crevit, saith Cornelius Nepos concerning Cato. In maximis laboribus usque ad summam senectutem summa cum gloria vivit, saith Cicero of the same Cato. Invictus praeterea cupiditatibus animi et rigidae innocentiae, saith Pliny of him. How much better may all this be said of Samuel, and a great deal more?
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
man’s. Hebrew. ‘ish. App-14.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Psa 37:5, Psa 37:6, Dan 6:4, 3Jo 1:12
Reciprocal: Gen 31:37 – set it here Exo 18:21 – hating Lev 25:14 – General Num 3:51 – Moses Num 16:15 – I have not Deu 1:17 – ye shall hear Deu 24:17 – pervert Job 20:19 – Because Pro 11:6 – righteousness Eze 18:7 – hath not Hos 4:18 – her Mic 2:2 – oppress Mic 3:11 – heads 2Co 7:2 – we have wronged 2Co 12:18 – in the same steps 1Th 4:6 – defraud