1Samuel:11:1-11

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* And Nahash the Ammonite went up and camped against Jabesh-gilead . And all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash , Cut a covenant for us , and we will serve you . * And Nahash the Ammonite said to them , With this I will cut a covenant for you , when all the right eye is dug out for you ; and I will make it a reproach on all Israel . * And the elders of Jabesh said to him , Slack off from us seven days , and we will send messengers in all the boundary of Israel . And if there is no deliverer for us , then we will come out to you . * And the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul . And they spoke the words in the ears of the people . And all the people lifted up their voice and wept . * And , behold , Saul came behind the oxen from the field . And Saul said , What is it to the people , that they weep ? And they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh . * And the Spirit of God came powerfully on Saul when he heard these words , and his anger glowed greatly . * And he took the team of oxen and cut them in pieces , and he sent them into all the boundary of Israel , by the hand of the messengers , saying , Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel , so it shall be done to his oxen . And the fear of Jehovah fell on the people . And they came out as one man . * And he mustered them in Bezek , and the sons of Israel were three hundred thousand , and the men of Judah , thirty thousand . * And they said to the messengers who came , So you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead . Tomorrow there shall be deliverance for you , in the heat of the sun . And the messengers came and related this to the men of Jabesh ; and they rejoiced . * And the men of Jabesh said , Tomorrow we will come out to you , and you do to us according to all the good in your eyes . * And it was on the next day Saul put the people in three heads , and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and they struck Ammon until the heat of the day . And it was , the ones left were scattered ; in them were not two left together .

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