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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul
when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
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.
8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the
children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty
thousand.
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 shewed it
to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
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.
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.
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.
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.
14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come,
and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
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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