1 Samuel 8:3

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 too low a sense of the words some Jewish writers give; but they did not walk in…

His sons walked not in his ways - Their iniquity is pointed out in three words:

1. They turned aside after lucre; the original (בצע batsa) signifies to cut, clip, break off; and therefore Mr.…

Two sad things we find here, but not strange things: - 1. A good and useful man growing old and unfit for service (Sa1 8:1): Samuel was old, and could not judge Israel, as he had done. He is not…

turned aside after Lucre From the straight-forwardpath of their father's example. Lucre(from Lat. lucrum) is only used in the E. V. in a bad sense of ill-gotten gain.

took bribes and perverted…