1 Samuel 11:11-13
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11 (A)And the next day Saul put the people (B)in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
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12 Then the people said to Samuel, (C)“Who is it that said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ (D)Bring the men, that we may put them to death.” 13 But Saul said, (E)“Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today (F)the Lord has worked (G)salvation in Israel.”
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1 Samuel 11:11-13
New American Standard Bible
11 The next morning Saul put the people (A)in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning watch, and struck and killed the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
12 Then the people said to Samuel, “(B)Who is he that said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ [a](C)Bring the men, so that we may put them to death!” 13 But Saul said, “(D)Not a single person shall be put to death this day, for today (E)the Lord has brought about [b]victory in Israel.”
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1 Samuel 11:11-13
New King James Version
11 So it was, on the next day, that (A)Saul put the people (B)in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and killed Ammonites until the heat of the day. And it happened that those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
12 Then the people said to Samuel, (C)“Who is he who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ (D)Bring the men, that we may put them to death.”
13 But Saul said, (E)“Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today (F)the Lord has accomplished salvation in Israel.”
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