1 Samuel 11:12

The people said to Samuel, “Who is he who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring those men, that we may put them to death!”

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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

11On the next day, Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the middle of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

13Saul said, “No man shall be put to death today; for today the LORD has rescued Israel.”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 10:27But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no tribute. But he held his peace.

Luke 19:27But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them 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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