Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 12:5
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1 Samuel12:5
5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you , and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand: And they answered , He is witness.
To wit, if you shall at any time hereafter reproach my Government or Memory. Or rather, against you, that I gave you no cause to be weary of Gods Government of you by Judges, or to desire a change of the Government; and therefore the blame of it wholly rest upon your selves. But this was onely insinuated, and therefore the People did not fully understand his drift in it.
i. e. Any thing which I have gotten by Bribery or Oppression.
Heb. he answered; i. e. the whole People, who are here spoken of as one Person, because they Answered thus with one consent.
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