1 Samuel 11:12
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
In context
10 Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”
11 The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
12 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
13 But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
1 Samuel 11:12 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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!”
- ASV American Standard 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the people say unto Samuel, 'Who is he that saith, Saul doth reign over us! give ye up the men, and we put them to death.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the people said to Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the people said to Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.