a12:5
b1 Cor 9:1-14
c2 Cor 7:2
d11:7-9
e1 Thes 2:1-12

‏ 1 Samuel 12:5

12:5  a my hands are clean: Samuel’s life and leadership before Israel had been above reproach (cp. 1 Cor 9:1-14  b; 2 Cor 7:2  c; 11:7-9  d; 1 Thes 2:1-12  e). Saul, David, and Solomon—kings rather than prophetic judges—would not be able to make this claim.
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