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1 # Then Nahash <05176> the Ammonite <05984> came up <05927> (8799), and encamped <02583> (8799) against Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568>: and all the men <0582> of Jabesh <03003> said <0559> (8799) unto Nahash <05176> , Make <03772> (8798) a covenant <01285> with us, and we will serve <05647> (8799) thee.
2 And Nahash <05176> the Ammonite <05984> answered <0559> (8799) them, On this <02063> condition will I make <03772> (8799) a covenant with you, that I may thrust out <05365> (8800) all your right <03225> eyes <05869>, and lay <07760> (8804) it for a reproach <02781> upon all Israel <03478>.
3 And the elders <02205> of Jabesh <03003> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Give us seven <07651> days <03117> ' respite <07503> (8685), that we may send <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> unto all the coasts <01366> of Israel <03478>: and then, if there be no man to save <03467> (8688) us, we will come out <03318> (8804) to thee.
4 Then came <0935> (8799) the messengers <04397> to Gibeah <01390> of Saul <07586>, and told <01696> (8762) the tidings <01697> in the ears <0241> of the people <05971>: and all the people <05971> lifted up <05375> (8799) their voices <06963>, and wept <01058> (8799).
5 # And, behold, Saul <07586> came <0935> (8804) after <0310> the herd <01241> out of the field <07704> ; and Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), What aileth the people <05971> that they weep <01058> (8799)? And they told <05608> (8762) him the tidings <01697> of the men <0582> of Jabesh <03003>.
6 And the Spirit <07307> of God <0430> came <06743> (8799) upon Saul <07586> when he heard <08085> (8800) those tidings <01697>, and his anger <0639> was kindled <02734> (8799) greatly <03966>.
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7 And he took <03947> (8799) a yoke <06776> of oxen <01241>, and hewed them in pieces <05408> (8762) , and sent <07971> (8762) them throughout all the coasts <01366> of Israel <03478> by the hands <03027> of messengers <04397> , saying <0559> (8800), Whosoever cometh not forth <03318> (8802) after <0310> Saul <07586> and after <0310> Samuel <08050>, so shall it be done <06213> (8735) unto his oxen <01241>. And the fear <06343> of the LORD <03068> fell <05307> (8799) on the people <05971>, and they came out <03318> (8799) with one <0259> consent <0376>.
8 And when he numbered <06485> (8799) them in Bezek <0966>, the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were three <07969> hundred <03967> thousand <0505>, and the men <0376> of Judah <03063> thirty <07970> thousand <0505>.
9 And they said <0559> (8799) unto the messengers <04397> that came <0935> (8802), Thus shall ye say <0559> (8799) unto the men <0376> of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568>, To morrow <04279>, by that time the sun <08121> be hot <02527>, ye shall have help <08668>. And the messengers <04397> came <0935> (8799) and shewed <05046> (8686) it to the men <0582> of Jabesh <03003>; and they were glad <08055> (8799).
10 Therefore the men <0582> of Jabesh <03003> said <0559> (8799), To morrow <04279> we will come out <03318> (8799) unto you, and ye shall do <06213> (8804) with us all that seemeth <05869> good <02896> unto you.
11 And it was so on the morrow <04283>, that Saul <07586> put <07760> (8799) the people <05971> in three <07969> companies <07218>; and they came <0935> (8799) into the midst <08432> of the host <04264> in the morning <01242> watch <0821>, and slew <05221> (8686) the Ammonites <05983> until the heat <02527> of the day <03117>: and it came to pass, that they which remained <07604> (8737) were scattered <06327> (8799), so that two <08147> of them were not left <07604> (8738) together <03162>.
12 # And the people <05971> said <0559> (8799) unto Samuel <08050>, Who is he that said <0559> (8802) , Shall Saul <07586> reign <04427> (8799) over us? bring <05414> (8798) the men <0582>, that we may put them to death <04191> (8686).
13 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), There shall not a man <0376> be put to death <04191> (8714) this day <03117>: for to day <03117> the LORD <03068> hath wrought <06213> (8804) salvation <08668> in Israel <03478> .
14 Then said <0559> (8799) Samuel <08050> to the people <05971>, Come <03212> (8798), and let us go <03212> (8799) to Gilgal <01537>, and renew <02318> (8762) the kingdom <04410> there.
15 And all the people <05971> went <03212> (8799) to Gilgal <01537>; and there they made Saul <07586> king <04427> (8686) before <06440> the LORD <03068> in Gilgal <01537>; and there they sacrificed <02076> (8799) sacrifices <02077> of peace offerings <08002> before <06440> the LORD <03068>; and there Saul <07586> and all the men <0582> of Israel <03478> rejoiced <08055> (8799) greatly <03966>.