1 Samuel 11:12

And the people said to Samuel, Who is he who said, Shall Saul reign over us? Bring the men that we may put them to death.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

In Context

11And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And it came to pass, that those who remaine

13And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day, for today LORD has wrought deliverance in Israel.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 10:27But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

Luke 19:27Nevertheless those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring here, and kill them before me.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 11:6-12

The Distress of Jabesh-Gilead; Saul Succours Jabesh-Gilead. ( b. c. 1069.) 5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after… Read the whole commentary →

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