SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:4
Entonces dijeron: Nunca nos has calumniado, ni agraviado, ni has tomado algo de mano de ningún hombre.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:4
Verse 4. They said, Thou hast not defrauded] Of what minister or governor can any nation under heaven say such things?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 4. And they said , etc.] 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.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - Samuel not only cleared his own character, but set an example befor Saul, while he showed the people their ingratitude to God and to himself. There is a just debt which all men to their own good name especially men in public stations, which is, to guard it against unjus blame and suspicions, that they may finish their course with honour, a well as with joy. And that we have in our places lived honestly, wil be our comfort, under any slights and contempt that may be put upon us.
Original Hebrew
ויאמרו 559 לא 3808 עשׁקתנו 6231 ולא 3808 רצותנו 7533 ולא 3808 לקחת 3947 מיד 3027 אישׁ 376 מאומה׃ 3972
