1 Samuel 12:3 (WEB)
Here I am. Witness against me before the LORD and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
Fathers and councils · 3
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…or whom have I oppressed? or if I have received from the hand of any a bribe or [so much as] a shoe, speak out against me, and I will restore it to you.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xii. 3.
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Jerome
“Has the chink of any one’s coin been heard in my hand?” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Sam. xii. 3.
Read the whole comment“That a priest must avoid covetousness even Samuel teaches when he proves before all the people that he has taken nothing from any man.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xii. 3–5.
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