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.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Samuel 12:3 in context
1 Samuel 12:1–6
1
Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
2
Now, behold, the king walks before you. I am old and gray-headed. Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
3
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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.”
4
They said, “You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from anyone’s hand.”
5
He said to them, “The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.”
They said, “He is witness.”
6
Samuel said to the people, “It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
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