SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:5
Y él les dijo: El SEÑOR es testigo contra vosotros, y su ungido también es testigo en este día, que no habéis hallado en mi mano cosa ninguna. Y ellos respondieron: Así es.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 5. And he said unto them, the Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day , etc.] Should they hereafter reproach and vilify him, and charge him with any acts of corruption, injustice, and violence: that ye have not found ought in my hand ; that they had nothing to accuse him of and charge him with throughout his whole administration, but had asserted his innocence and integrity, had honourably acquitted him, and given him a fair character: and they answered, he is witness; the omniscient God is a witness against us, should we depart from this testimony, and Saul, the Lord’s anointed, is a witness that we have fully cleared thee from any imputations of maladministration. The word is singular, he “said” or answered f228 , that is, Israel said, the whole body of the people, they all replied as one man: the reason why Samuel made such a speech at this time, when he resigned his government to Saul, was not only to secure his own character, but to suggest to Saul how he should rule and govern according to his example; and that having established his own character, he could the more freely, and with the better grace, reprove the people for their sin, as in some following verses.
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
ויאמר 559 אליהם 413 עד 5707 יהוה 3068 בכם ועד 5707 משׁיחו 4899 היום 3117 הזה 2088 כי 3588 לא 3808 מצאתם 4672 בידי 3027 מאומה 3972 ויאמר 559 עד׃ 5707
