1 Samuel 12:4

4 —No nos has defraudado —respondieron—; tampoco nos has oprimido ni le has robado nada a nadie.

1 Samuel 12:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 12:4

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.

1 Samuel 12:4 In-Context

2 Ya tienen al rey que va a dirigirlos. En cuanto a mí, ya estoy viejo y lleno de canas, y mis hijos son parte del pueblo. Yo los he guiado a ustedes desde mi juventud hasta la fecha.

3 Aquí me tienen. Pueden acusarme en la presencia del SEÑOR y de su ungido. ¿A quién le he robado un buey o un asno? ¿A quién he defraudado? ¿A quién he oprimido? ¿Por quién me he dejado sobornar? Acúsenme, y pagaré lo que corresponda.

4 —No nos has defraudado —respondieron—; tampoco nos has oprimido ni le has robado nada a nadie.

5 Samuel insistió:—¡Que el SEÑOR y su ungido sean hoy testigos de que ustedes no me han hallado culpable de nada!—¡Que lo sean! —fue la respuesta del pueblo.

6 Además Samuel les dijo:—Testigo es el SEÑOR, que escogió a Moisés y a Aarón para sacar de Egipto a los antepasados de ustedes.