King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 10:27
“But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 10
25
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote [it] in a book, and laid [it] up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
26
And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
27
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
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