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1 Samuel 10:27
1 Samuel 10:27 is verse 27 of 1 Samuel chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
MT and LXX; One DSS manuscript includes Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had viciously oppressed the people of Gad and Reuben, gouging out the right eye of each Israelite dwelling there. He would not allow anyone to rescue them, and there was no Israelite east of the Jordan whose right eye had not been gouged out. But 7,000 men had escaped from the Ammonites and settled in Jabesh-gilead.
King James Version
But 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.
World English Bible
But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no tribute. But he held his peace.
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1 Samuel 10:25–27 · Berean Standard Bible
25 Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
26 Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
27 But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
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Cross-references
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