12The people then said to Samuel, "Who was it that asked, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring these men to us and we will put them to death."


In Context

9 They told the messengers who had come, "Say to the men of Jabesh Gilead, 'By the time the sun is hot tomorrow, you will be delivered.' " When the messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh, they were elated.

10 They said to the Ammonites, "Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us whatever seems good to you."

11 The next day Saul separated his men into three divisions; during the last watch of the night they broke into the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

12 The people then said to Samuel, "Who was it that asked, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring these men to us and we will put them to death."

13 But Saul said, "No one shall be put to death today, for this day the Lord has rescued Israel."

14 Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and there reaffirm the kingship."

1st Samuel 11:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And the people said to Samuel: Who is he that said: Shall Saul reign over us? Bring the men and we will kill them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12The people said to Samuel, |Who is he who said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring those men, that we may put them to death!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12And 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And 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.