11:1 Then
Nahash
the
Ammonite
went
up
and
besieged
Jabesh-gilead,
and
all
the
men
of
Jabesh
said
to
Nahash,
"Make
a
treaty
with
us,
and
we
will
serve
you."
11:2 But
Nahash
the
Ammonite
said
to
them,
"On
this
condition
I
will
make
a
treaty
with
you,
that
I
gouge
out
all
your
right
eyes,
and
thus
bring
disgrace
on
all
Israel."
11:3 The
elders
of
Jabesh
said
to
him,
"Give
us
seven
days'
respite
that
we
may
send
messengers
through
all
the
territory
of
Israel.
Then,
if
there
is
no
one
to
save
us,
we
will
give
ourselves
up
to
you."
11:4 When
the
messengers
came
to
Gibeah
of
Saul,
they
reported
the
matter
in
the
ears
of
the
people,
and
all
the
people
wept
aloud.
11:5 Now,
behold,
Saul
was
coming
from
the
field
behind
the
oxen.
And
Saul
said,
"What
is
wrong
with
the
people,
that
they
are
weeping"
So
they
told
him
the
news
of
the
men
of
Jabesh.
11:6 And
the
Spirit
of
God
rushed
upon
Saul
when
he
heard
these
words,
and
his
anger
was
greatly
kindled.
11:7 He
took
a
yoke
of
oxen
and
cut
them
in
pieces
and
sent
them
throughout
all
the
territory
of
Israel
by
the
hand
of
messengers,
saying,
"Whoever
does
not
come
out
after
Saul
and
Samuel,
so
shall
it
be
done
to
his
oxen!"
Then
the
dread
of
the
LORD
fell
upon
the
people,
and
they
came
out
as
one
man.
11:8 When
he
mustered
them
at
Bezek,
the
people
of
Israel
were
three
hundred
thousand,
and
the
men
of
Judah
thirty
thousand.
11:9 And
they
said
to
the
messengers
who
had
come,
"Thus
shall
you
say
to
the
men
of
Jabesh-gilead:
'Tomorrow,
by
the
time
the
sun
is
hot,
you
shall
have
deliverance.'"
When
the
messengers
came
and
told
the
men
of
Jabesh,
they
were
glad.
11:10 Therefore
the
men
of
Jabesh
said,
"Tomorrow
we
will
give
ourselves
up
to
you,
and
you
may
do
to
us
whatever
seems
good
to
you."
11:11 And
the
next
day
Saul
put
the
people
in
three
companies.
And
they
came
into
the
midst
of
the
camp
in
the
morning
watch
and
struck
down
the
Ammonites
until
the
heat
of
the
day.
And
those
who
survived
were
scattered,
so
that
no
two
of
them
were
left
together.
11:12 Then
the
people
said
to
Samuel,
"Who
is
it
that
said,
'Shall
Saul
reign
over
us'
Bring
the
men,
that
we
may
put
them
to
death."
11:13 But
Saul
said,
"Not
a
man
shall
be
put
to
death
this
day,
for
today
the
LORD
has
worked
salvation
in
Israel."
11:14 Then
Samuel
said
to
the
people,
"Come,
let
us
go
to
Gilgal
and
there
renew
the
kingdom."
11:15 So
all
the
people
went
to
Gilgal,
and
there
they
made
Saul
king
before
the
LORD
in
Gilgal.
There
they
sacrificed
peace
offerings
before
the
LORD,
and
there
Saul
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
rejoiced
greatly.
