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Chapter 11
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those
tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. |
7
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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
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And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel
were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty
thousand. |
9
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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. |
10
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to
Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. |
15
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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. |
