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1 Samuel 11

Saul Defeats the Ammonites

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Now  aNahashh5176 the Ammoniteh5984 cameh5927 up and  1besiegedh2583h5921  bJabesh-gileadh3003h1568; and allh3605 the menh376 of Jabeshh3003 saidh559 to Nahashh5176, "Makeh3772  ca covenanth1285 with us and we will serveh5647 you."

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But Nahashh5176 the Ammoniteh5984 saidh559 to them, "I will makeh3772 it with you on thish2088 condition,  athat I will gougeh5365 out the righth3225 eyeh5869 of everyh3605 oneh3605 of you, thus I will makeh7760 it  ba reproachh2781 on allh3605 Israelh3478."

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 aThe eldersh2205 of Jabeshh3003 saidh559 to him, "Leth7503 us aloneh7503 for sevenh7651 daysh3117, that we may sendh7971 messengersh4397 throughouth3605 the territoryh1366 of Israelh3478. Then, ifh518 thereh369 is noh369 oneh369 to deliverh3467 us, we will comeh3318 out to you."

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Then the messengersh4397 cameh935  ato Gibeahh1390 of Saulh7586 and spokeh1696 these wordsh1697 in the hearingh241 of the peopleh5971a, and allh3605 the peopleh5971a  bliftedh5375 up their voicesh6963 and wepth1058.

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Now beholdh2009, Saulh7586 was comingh935 from the fieldh7704  abehindh310 the oxenh1241, and  1he saidh559, "Whath4100 is the matter with the peopleh5971a that they weeph1058?" So they relatedh5608 to him the wordsh1697 of the menh376 of Jabeshh3003.

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Then  athe Spirith7307 of Godh430 cameh6743a upon Saulh7586 mightilyh6743a when he heardh8085 theseh428 wordsh1697, and  1he becameh2734 veryh3966 angryh639h2734.

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He tookh3947 a yokeh6776 of oxenh1241 and  acuth5408 them in piecesh5408, and senth7971 them throughouth3605 the territoryh1366 of Israelh3478 by the handh3027 of messengersh4397, sayingh559, " bWhoeverh834 does not comeh3318 out afterh310 Saulh7586 and afterh310 Samuelh8050, soh3541 shall it be doneh6213a to his oxenh1241." Then the dreadh6343 of the LORDh3068 fellh5307 on the peopleh5971a, and they cameh3318 out  cas oneh259 manh376.

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He  1numberedh6485 them in  aBezekh966; and the  bsonsh1121 of Israelh3478 were 300,000h7969h3967h505, and the menh376 of Judahh3063 30,000h7970h505.

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They saidh559 to the messengersh4397 who had comeh935, "Thush3541 you shall sayh559 to the menh376 of Jabesh-gileadh3003h1568, `Tomorrowh4279, by the time the sunh8121 is hoth2552, you will haveh1961 deliveranceh8668.' " So the messengersh4397 wenth935 and toldh5046 the menh376 of Jabeshh3003; and they were gladh8055.

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Then the menh376 of Jabeshh3003 saidh559, " aTomorrowh4279 we will comeh3318 out to you, and you may doh6213a to us whateverh3605 seems goodh2896a  1to you."

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The nexth4283 morningh4283 Saulh7586 puth7760 the peopleh5971a  ain threeh7969 companiesh7218; and they cameh935 into the midsth8432 of the camph4264 at the morningh1242 watchh821 and struckh5221 downh5221 the Ammonitesh5983 untilh5704 the heath2527 of the dayh3117. Those who survivedh7604 were scatteredh6327a, so that noh3808 twoh8147 of them were lefth7604 togetherh3162.

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Then the peopleh5971a saidh559 to Samuelh8050, " aWhoh4310 is he that saidh559, `Shall Saulh7586 reignh4427a overh5921 us?'  1 bBringh5414 the menh376, that we may puth4191 them to deathh4191."

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But Saulh7586 saidh559, " aNot a manh376 shall be puth4191 to deathh4191 thish2088 dayh3117, for todayh3117  bthe LORDh3068 has accomplishedh6213a deliveranceh8668 in Israelh3478."

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Then Samuelh8050 saidh559 to the peopleh5971a, "Comeh1980 and let us goh1980 to  aGilgalh1537 and  brenewh2318 the kingdomh4410 thereh8033."

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So allh3605 the peopleh5971a wenth1980 to Gilgalh1537, and thereh8033 they madeh4427a Saulh7586 kingh4427a  abeforeh6440 the LORDh3068 in Gilgalh1537. Thereh8033 they also  bofferedh2076 sacrificesh2077 of peaceh8002 offeringsh8002 beforeh6440 the LORDh3068; and thereh8033 Saulh7586 and allh3605 the menh376 of Israelh3478 rejoicedh8055 greatlyh3966.



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