King James Version
1 Samuel 11:12 in the King James Version says “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 d...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
1 Samuel 11:12 · KJV
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
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.
And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“over us bring”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“that we may put them to death”
H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
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