¹² Then the people said to Samuel, ^(A)“Who is he who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ ^(B)Bring the men, that we may put them to death.”

^27 (A)But some ^(B)rebels said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him, ^(C)and brought him no presents. But he ^[a]held his peace.

²⁷ But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”