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Corruption's Core: Greed
Commentators explain that the failure of Samuel's sons was not in being as profane as Eli's sons, but in their specific corruption as judges. They 'turned aside after lucre' (covetousness), which led them to accept bribes and pervert justice—a direct violation of God's law and a stark contrast to their father's integrity.
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 8:3
19th Century
Bishop
Took bribes, and perverted judgment.—This sin, at all times a fatally common one in the East, was especially denounced in…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 8:3
17th Century
Pastor
And his sons walked not in his ways
The meaning of which is not that they did not go the circuit he did, which is to…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 8:1–3
17th Century
Minister
It does not appear that Samuel's sons were so profane and vicious as Eli's sons; but they were corrupt judges, they turned aside after lucre. Samue…