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1 Samuel 11:12

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¶ 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.
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  1. 1 Samuel 10:27Rank 1 from verse 12
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    27But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

  2. Luke 19:27Rank 2 from verse 12
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    27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

  3. Psalms 21:8Rank 3 from verse 12
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    8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

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1 Samuel 11:12

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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reign

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Sense 1: To exercise kingly rule, dominion, governing power, or controlling power. Sense 2: Royal rule or dominion, or the period during which a ruler governs.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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11And 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.

12¶ 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.

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13And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel.

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