“And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.”
Yet his sons did not follow in his ways, but turned aside after gain; they took bribes and perverted justice—the *benim* deviate (*lo halaku* from Samuel's *derakhim* (ways). Their *ta'avat* (greed, appetite for gain) leads to *shochad* (bribery) and *hifru* (perverting) of *mishpat* (justice). The failure of hereditary succession becomes the catalyst for kingship.
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