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1 Samuel 11

Saul Defeats the Ammonites

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Now  aNahash the Ammonite came up and  1besieged  bJabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make  ca covenant with us and we will serve you."

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But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "I will make it with you on this condition,  athat I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it  ba reproach on all Israel."

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 aThe elders of Jabesh said to him, "Let us alone for seven days, that we may send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to deliver us, we will come out to you."

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Then the messengers came  ato Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people  blifted up their voices and wept.

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Now behold, Saul was coming from the field  abehind the oxen, and  1he said, "What is the matter with the people that they weep?" So they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

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Then  athe Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and  1he became very angry.

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He took a yoke of oxen and  acut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, " bWhoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen." Then the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out  cas one man.

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He  1numbered them in  aBezek; and the  bsons of Israel were 300,000, and the men of Judah 30,000.

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They said to the messengers who had come, "Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, `Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will have deliverance.' " So the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

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Then the men of Jabesh said, " aTomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good  1to you."

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The next morning Saul put the people  ain three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

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Then the people said to Samuel, " aWho is he that said, `Shall Saul reign over us?'  1 bBring the men, that we may put them to death."

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But Saul said, " aNot a man shall be put to death this day, for today  bthe LORD has accomplished deliverance in Israel."

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Then Samuel said to the people, "Come and let us go to  aGilgal and  brenew the kingdom there."

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So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king  abefore the LORD in Gilgal. There they also  boffered sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.



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