Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
"A bribe"  (1 Samuel 12:3).  The word from which this is translated in the Hebrew is actually ransom "The fine paid by a criminal in lieu of bonds or death."[5]  Specifically, "Here it means a bribe offered to a judge to persuade him to acquit a murderer"[6]