1Samuel:11

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ylt @1Samuel: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 .' ylt @1Samuel: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 .' ylt @1Samuel: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 .' ylt @1Samuel: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 ; ylt @1Samuel: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 . ylt @1Samuel:11:6 @And the Spirit of God doth prosper over Saul , in his hearing these words , and his anger burneth greatly , ylt @1Samuel: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 . ylt @1Samuel:11:8 @And he inspecteth them in Bezek , and the sons of Israel are three hundred thousand , and the men of Judah thirty thousand . ylt @1Samuel: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 ; ylt @1Samuel: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 .' ylt @1Samuel: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 . ylt @1Samuel: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 .' ylt @1Samuel:11:13 @And Saul saith , 'There is no man put to death on this day , for to-day hath Jehovah wrought salvation in Israel .' ylt @1Samuel:11:14 @And Samuel saith unto the people , 'Come and we go to Gilgal , and renew the kingdom there ;' ylt @1Samuel: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 .

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