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1 Samuel

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1 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 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 Jabeshgilead, 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.