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.
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1 Samuel 12:4
1 Samuel 12:4
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