World English Bible
1 Samuel 11:13
“Saul said, "There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 11
It was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
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!
Saul said, "There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.
Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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