11 The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions.(A) During the morning watch, they invaded the Ammonite camp and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. There were survivors, but they were so scattered that no two of them were left together.

Saul’s Confirmation as King

12 Afterward, the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not[a] reign over us?(B) Give us those men so we can kill them!” (C)

13 But Saul ordered, “No one will be executed this day, for today the Lord has provided deliverance in Israel.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:12 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss omit not

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