11:1 And
Nahash
the
Ammonite
cometh
up,
and
encampeth
against
Jabesh-Gilead,
and
all
the
men
of
Jabesh
say
unto
Nahash,
`Make
with
us
a
covenant,
and
we
serve
thee.'
11:2 And
Nahash
the
Ammonite
saith
unto
them,
`For
this
I
covenant
with
you,
by
picking
out
to
you
every
right
eye--and
I
have
put
it
a
reproach
on
all
Israel.'
11:3 And
the
elders
of
Jabesh
say
to
him,
`Let
us
alone
seven
days,
and
we
send
messengers
into
all
the
border
of
Israel:
and
if
there
is
none
saving
us--then
we
have
come
out
unto
thee.'
11:4 And
the
messengers
come
to
Gibeah
of
Saul,
and
speak
the
words
in
the
ears
of
the
people,
and
all
the
people
lift
up
their
voice
and
weep;
11:5 and
lo,
Saul
hath
come
after
the
herd
out
of
the
field,
and
Saul
saith,
`What--to
the
people,
that
they
weep'
and
they
recount
to
him
the
words
of
the
men
of
Jabesh.
11:6 And
the
Spirit
of
God
doth
prosper
over
Saul,
in
his
hearing
these
words,
and
his
anger
burneth
greatly,
11:7 and
he
taketh
a
couple
of
oxen,
and
cutteth
them
in
pieces,
and
sendeth
through
all
the
border
of
Israel,
by
the
hand
of
the
messengers,
saying,
`He
who
is
not
coming
out
after
Saul
and
after
Samuel--thus
it
is
done
to
his
oxen;'
and
the
fear
of
Jehovah
falleth
on
the
people,
and
they
come
out
as
one
man.
11:8 And
he
inspecteth
them
in
Bezek,
and
the
sons
of
Israel
are
three
hundred
thousand,
and
the
men
of
Judah
thirty
thousand.
11:9 And
they
say
to
the
messengers
who
are
coming,
`Thus
do
ye
say
to
the
men
of
Jabesh-Gilead:
To-morrow
ye
have
safety--by
the
heat
of
the
sun;'
and
the
messengers
come
and
declare
to
the
men
of
Jabesh,
and
they
rejoice;
11:10 and
the
men
of
Jabesh
say
[to
the
Ammonites]
,
`To-morrow
we
come
out
unto
you,
and
ye
have
done
to
us
according
to
all
that
[is]
good
in
your
eyes.'
11:11 And
it
cometh
to
pass,
on
the
morrow,
that
Saul
putteth
the
people
in
three
detachments,
and
they
come
into
the
midst
of
the
camp
in
the
morning-watch,
and
smite
Ammon
till
the
heat
of
the
day;
and
it
cometh
to
pass
that
those
left
are
scattered,
and
there
have
not
been
left
of
them
two
together.
11:12 And
the
people
say
unto
Samuel,
`Who
is
he
that
saith,
Saul
doth
reign
over
us!
give
ye
up
the
men,
and
we
put
them
to
death.'
11:13 And
Saul
saith,
`There
is
no
man
put
to
death
on
this
day,
for
to-day
hath
Jehovah
wrought
salvation
in
Israel.'
11:14 And
Samuel
saith
unto
the
people,
`Come
and
we
go
to
Gilgal,
and
renew
the
kingdom
there;'
11:15 and
all
the
people
go
to
Gilgal,
and
cause
Saul
to
reign
there
before
Jehovah
in
Gilgal,
and
sacrifice
there
sacrifices
of
peace-offerings
before
Jehovah,
and
there
Saul
rejoiceth--and
all
the
men
of
Israel--very
greatly.
