1 Samuel 11:13
And Saul said: No man shall be killed this day, because the Lord this day hath wrought salvation in Israel:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Samuel said to the people: Come and let us go to Galgal, and let us renew the kingdom there.
Cross References
Exodus 14:30And the Lord delivered Israel on that day out of the hands of the Egyptians.
1 Samuel 19:5And he put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought great salvation for all Israel. Thou sawest it and didst rejoice. Why therefore wilt thou sin against innocent blood by killing David, who is without fault?
2 Samuel 19:23And the king said to Semei: Thou shalt not die. And he swore unto him.
Isaiah 59:16And he saw that there is not a man: and he stood astonished, because there is none to oppose himself: and his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice supported him.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 11:13-15
Sacrifices Offered to God. ( b. c. 1069.) 12 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. 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel. 14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. 15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices… Read the whole commentary →