Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
His anointed - i. e., king Saul. The title Messiah, ̀ Christos , unctus, or anointed, had been given to the High Priests (Leviticus 4:3 : compare also I Samuel 2:10, I Samuel 2:35); but this is the earliest instance of an actual king of Israel bearing the title of God' s Christ, and thus typifying the true Messiah or Christ of God.
Any bribe - literally, a "ransom," the fine paid by a criminal in lieu of bonds or death Exodus 21:30, applied to the bribe paid to an unjust judge to induce him to acquit the guilty. (Compare Amos 5:12.)
To blind ... - See the margin. The phrase is used of one who averts his eyes, as refusing assistance, or as showing contempt, or, as here, as winking at what is wrong.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Exodus 23:6-9
Leviticus 25:14
1 Samuel 11:15
Psalms 55:1
Isaiah 45:1
Amos 5:12
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