Bible, King James Version
1_Samuel
1Sam.11
[1] Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against
Jabesh-gilead: 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 Jabesh-gilead, 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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