1SA-11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against

Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a

covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

1SA-11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this

[condition] will I make [a covenant] with you, that I may thrust

out all your right eyes, and lay it [for] a reproach upon all

Israel.

1SA-11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven

days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts

of Israel: and then, if [there be] no man to save us, we will

come out to thee.

1SA-11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told

the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted

up their voices, and wept.

1SA-11:5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field;

and Saul said, What [aileth] the people that they weep? And they

told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

1SA-11:6 And the spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard

those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

1SA-11:7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces,

and sent [them] throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands

of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and

after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of

the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

1SA-11:8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of

Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty

thousand.

1SA-11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall

ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by [that time]

the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and

showed [it] to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

1SA-11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will

come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good

unto you.

1SA-11:11 And 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.

1SA-11:12 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.

1SA-11:13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death

this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.

1SA-11:14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to

Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

1SA-11:15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made

Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed

sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul

and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.



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