1 Samuel 11:13

And Saul said, No man shall die this day, for today the Lord has wrought deliverance in Israel.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.

In Context

12And the people said to Samuel, Who has said that Saul shall not reign over us? Give up the men, and we will put them to death.

14And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, Let us go to Gilgal, and there renew the kingdom.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:30So the Lord delivered Israel in that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead by the shore of the sea.

1 Samuel 19:5And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoiced: why then dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

2 Samuel 19:23And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye as it were lie in wait against me this day? today no man in Israel shall be put to death, for I know not if I this day reign over Israel.

Isaiah 59:16And he looked, and there was no man, and he observed, and there was none to help: so he defended them with his arm, and established them with his mercy.

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 →

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