1Samuel:11
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings ,
and his anger was kindled greatly .
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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 .
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And when he numbered them in Bezek ,
the children of Israel were three hundred thousand ,
and the men of Judah thirty thousand .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Saul said ,
There shall not a man be put to death this day :
for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel .
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Then said Samuel to the people ,
Come ,
and let us go to Gilgal ,
and renew the kingdom there .
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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 .