1 Samuel 11:12

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Then the people said to Samuel, "Who was it that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring those men to us, and we will put them to death."

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  • 1 Sam 10:27 : 27 But some worthless men said, 'How can this man save us?' So they despised him and did not bring him a gift, but Saul kept silent.
  • Luke 19:27 : 27 'But as for these enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.'
  • Ps 21:8 : 8 For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the lovingkindness of the Most High, he will not be shaken.

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  • 1 Sam 12:19
    79%

    19The people all said to Samuel, 'Pray to the LORD your God for your servants, so that we will not die, for we have added this evil to all our sins by asking for a king.'

  • 1 Sam 17:27
    76%

    27The people repeated to him what they had been saying: 'This is what will be done for the man who kills him.'

  • 1 Sam 11:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13But Saul said, "No one will be put to death today, for this is the day the LORD has delivered Israel."

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

    15So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king in the presence of the LORD. They sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the men of Israel celebrated with great joy.

  • 1 Sam 8:19-22
    4 verses
    75%

    19The people refused to listen to Samuel and said, 'No! We want a king to rule over us.'

    20Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us, govern us, and fight our battles.

    21Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them to the LORD.

    22The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to them and appoint a king for them.' Then Samuel said to the people of Israel, 'Each of you, return to your own town.'

  • 1 Sam 14:38-40
    3 verses
    75%

    38Then Saul said, 'Come here, all you chiefs of the people. Investigate and find out what sin has been committed today.

    39As surely as the Lord, who saves Israel, lives—even if it is my son Jonathan—he must die.' But no one among the people said a word.

    40Then Saul said to all Israel, 'You stand on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will stand on the other.' And the people said to Saul, 'Do whatever seems right to you.'

  • 1 Sam 8:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5They said to him, 'You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us, like all the other nations.'

    6But their request for a king displeased Samuel, and he prayed to the LORD.

    7The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. It is not you they have rejected but they have rejected me as their king.

  • 1 Sam 11:11
    74%

    11The next day, Saul divided the people into three divisions. They entered the camp during the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

  • 1 Sam 8:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10Samuel relayed all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

    11He said, 'This is what the king who will reign over you will demand: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.

  • 1 Sam 12:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12But when you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, came against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to reign over us,’ even though the LORD your God was your king.

    13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for. See, the LORD has set a king over you.

  • 1 Sam 11:7
    74%

    7He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them throughout Israel by messengers, saying, "This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel." The fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out together as one.

  • 2 Sam 21:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5They replied to the king, "The man who destroyed us and planned to exterminate us so that we would have no place anywhere in Israel—

    6let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us to be executed before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the Lord’s chosen one." The king said, "I will give them to you."

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    73%

    1Then Samuel said to all Israel, 'Here I am; I have listened to you in everything you have said to me, and I have set a king over you.'

  • 1 Sam 10:24
    73%

    24Samuel said to the people, 'Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.' Then the people shouted, 'Long live the king!'

  • 1 Sam 15:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Saul answered, 'They brought them from the Amalekites; the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed.'

    16Then Samuel said to Saul, 'Stop! Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.' Saul replied, 'Speak.'

  • 1 Sam 15:10
    73%

    10Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying:

  • 1 Sam 11:5
    73%

    5Just then, Saul was coming in from the field, following the oxen. He asked, "What is wrong with the people? Why are they all crying?" They told him what the men of Jabesh had said.

  • 1 Sam 13:11
    73%

    11Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul answered, "When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    73%

    16The king said, 'You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and your whole family.'

  • 1 Sam 14:44-45
    2 verses
    72%

    44Saul said, 'May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you do not surely die, Jonathan.'

    45But the people said to Saul, 'Should Jonathan die, he who has brought about this great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he acted with God’s help today.' So the people rescued Jonathan, and he was not put to death.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    72%

    1Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people Israel. Now, listen to the words of the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 19:10
    72%

    10All the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies, he saved us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.

  • 1 Sam 14:34
    72%

    34Then he said, 'Go among the men and tell them, ‘Each of you bring me your ox and sheep, and slaughter them here and eat. Do not sin against the Lord by eating meat with blood in it.’' That night, everyone brought their oxen and slaughtered them there.

  • 1 Sam 9:17
    72%

    17When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, "Here is the man I told you about; he will govern my people."

  • 2 Sam 1:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15Then David called one of his young men and said, 'Come here and strike him down.' So he struck him, and he died.

    16David said to him, 'Your blood is on your own head, because your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the LORD's anointed.’'

  • 1 Sam 14:36
    72%

    36Saul said, 'Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn. Let us not leave one of them alive.' They replied, 'Do whatever seems best to you.' But the priest said, 'Let us inquire of God here.'

  • 1 Sam 20:31
    72%

    31As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!'

  • 1 Sam 19:1
    72%

    1Saul spoke to his son Jonathan and to all his servants, commanding them to kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, held a deep affection for David.

  • 1 Sam 28:11
    72%

    11Then the woman asked, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" Saul answered, "Bring up Samuel for me."

  • 1 Sam 10:19
    71%

    19'But today you have rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and distresses. You have said to Him, "Set a king over us." Now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.'

  • 1 Sam 31:11
    71%

    11When the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

  • 1 Sam 12:6
    71%

    6Then Samuel said to the people, 'It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt.'

  • 1 Sam 15:32
    71%

    32Then Samuel said, 'Bring Agag, king of Amalek, to me.' Agag came to him cheerfully, thinking, 'Surely the bitterness of death is past.'

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    71%

    13Saul said to him, 'Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has risen against me to lie in wait, as he does today?'

  • Judg 15:11
    71%

    11Then three thousand men of Judah went to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, "Don’t you know that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?" He replied, "I only did to them what they did to me."

  • 1 Sam 10:17
    71%

    17Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah.