ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 11
1. Then Nahash[H5176] the Ammonite[H5984] came up[H5927], and encamped[H2583] against Jabesh-gilead[H3003]: and all the men[H582] of Jabesh[H3003] said[H559] unto Nahash[H5176], Make[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with us[H5647], and we will serve thee.
2. And Nahash[H5176] the Ammonite[H5984] said[H559] unto them[H2063], On this condition will I make[H3772] it with you[H3225], that all your right eyes[H5869] be put out[H5365]; and I will lay[H7760] it for a reproach[H2781] upon all Israel[H3478].
3. And the elders[H2205] of Jabesh[H3003] said[H559] unto him[H7651], Give us seven days[H3117]' respite[H7503], that we may send[H7971] messengers[H4397] unto all the borders[H1366] of Israel[H3478]; and then[H3467], if there be none to save us[H3318], we will come out to thee.
4. Then came[H935] the messengers[H4397] to Gibeah[H1390] of Saul[H7586], and spake[H1696] these words[H1697] in the ears[H241] of the people[H5971]: and all the people[H5971] lifted up[H5375] their voice[H6963], and wept[H1058].
5. And[H7586], behold, Saul came[H935] following[H310] the oxen[H1241] out of the field[H7704]; and Saul[H7586] said[H559], What aileth the people[H5971] that they weep[H1058]? And they told[H5608] him the words[H1697] of the men[H582] of Jabesh[H3003].
6. And the Spirit[H7307] of God[H430] came[H6743] mightily upon Saul[H7586] when he heard[H8085] those words[H1697], and his anger[H639] was kindled[H2734] greatly[H3966].
7. And he took[H3947] a yoke[H6776] of oxen[H1241], and cut them in pieces[H5408], and sent[H7971] them throughout all the borders[H1366] of Israel[H3478] by the hand[H3027] of messengers[H4397], saying[H559], Whosoever cometh not forth[H3318] after[H310] Saul[H7586] and after[H310] Samuel[H8050], so shall it be done[H6213] unto his oxen[H1241]. And the dread[H6343] of Jehovah[H3068] fell[H5307] on the people[H5971], and they came out[H3318] as one[H259] man[H376].
8. And he numbered[H6485] them in Bezek[H966]; and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] were three[H7969] hundred[H3967] thousand[H505], and the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] thirty[H7970] thousand[H505].
9. And they said[H559] unto the messengers[H4397] that came[H935], Thus shall ye say[H559] unto the men[H376] of Jabesh-gilead[H3003], To-morrow[H4279], by the time the sun[H8121] is hot[H2527], ye shall have deliverance[H8668]. And the messengers[H4397] came[H935] and told[H5046] the men[H582] of Jabesh[H3003]; and they were glad[H8055].
10. Therefore the men[H582] of Jabesh[H3003] said[H559], To-morrow[H4279] we will come out[H3318] unto you[H6213], and ye shall do with us all that seemeth[H5869] good unto you[H2896].
11. And it was so on the morrow[H4283], that Saul[H7586] put[H7760] the people[H5971] in three[H7969] companies[H7218]; and they came[H935] into the midst[H8432] of the camp[H4264] in the morning[H1242] watch[H821], and smote[H5221] the Ammonites[H5983] until the heat[H2527] of the day[H3117]: and it came to pass[H7604], that they that remained were scattered[H6327], so that not two[H8147] of them were left[H7604] together[H3162].
12. And the people[H5971] said[H559] unto Samuel[H8050], Who is he that said[H559], Shall Saul[H7586] reign[H4427] over us[H5414]? bring the men[H582], that we may put them to death[H4191].
13. And Saul[H7586] said[H559], There shall not a man[H376] be put to death[H4191] this day[H3117]; for to-day[H3117] Jehovah[H3068] hath wrought[H6213] deliverance[H8668] in Israel[H3478].
14. Then said[H559] Samuel[H8050] to the people[H5971], Come[H3212], and let us go[H3212] to Gilgal[H1537], and renew[H2318] the kingdom there[H4410].
15. And all the people[H5971] went[H3212] to Gilgal[H1537]; and there they made Saul[H7586] king[H4427] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068] in Gilgal[H1537]; and there they offered[H2076] sacrifices[H2077] of peace-offerings[H8002] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068]; and there Saul[H7586] and all the men[H582] of Israel[H3478] rejoiced[H8055] greatly[H3966].
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