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[1]Then NahashH5176 the AmmoniteH5984 came upH5927[H8799], and encampedH2583[H8799] against JabeshgileadH3003[H1568]: and all the menH582 of JabeshH3003 saidH559[H8799] unto NahashH5176, MakeH3772[H8798] a covenantH1285 with us, and we will serveH5647 theeH8799.
[2]And NahashH5176 the AmmoniteH5984 answeredH559[H8799] them, On thisH2063 condition will I makeH3772[H8799] a covenant with you, that I may thrust outH5365[H8800] all your rightH3225 eyesH5869, and layH7760[H8804] it for a reproachH2781 upon all IsraelH3478.
[3]And the eldersH2205 of JabeshH3003 saidH559[H8799] unto him, Give us sevenH7651 days'H3117 respiteH7503[H8685], that we may sendH7971[H8799] messengersH4397 unto all the coastsH1366 of IsraelH3478: and then, if there be no man to saveH3467[H8688] us, we will come outH3318 to theeH8804.
[4]Then cameH935[H8799] the messengersH4397 to GibeahH1390 of SaulH7586, and toldH1696[H8762] the tidingsH1697 in the earsH241 of the peopleH5971: and all the peopleH5971 lifted upH5375[H8799] their voicesH6963, and weptH1058.[H8799]
[5]And, behold, SaulH7586 cameH935[H8804] afterH310 the herdH1241 out of the fieldH7704; and SaulH7586 saidH559[H8799], What aileth the peopleH5971 that they weepH1058[H8799]? And they toldH5608[H8762] him the tidingsH1697 of the menH582 of JabeshH3003.
[6]And the SpiritH7307 of GodH430 cameH6743[H8799] upon SaulH7586 when he heardH8085[H8800] those tidingsH1697, and his angerH639 was kindledH2734[H8799] greatlyH3966.
[7]And he tookH3947[H8799] a yokeH6776 of oxenH1241, and hewed them in piecesH5408[H8762], and sentH7971[H8762] them throughout all the coastsH1366 of IsraelH3478 by the handsH3027 of messengersH4397, sayingH559[H8800], Whosoever cometh not forthH3318[H8802] afterH310 SaulH7586 and afterH310 SamuelH8050, so shall it be doneH6213[H8735] unto his oxenH1241. And the fearH6343 of the LORDH3068 fellH5307[H8799] on the peopleH5971, and they came outH3318[H8799] with oneH259 consentH376.
[8]And when he numberedH6485[H8799] them in BezekH966, the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 were threeH7969 hundredH3967 thousandH505, and the menH376 of JudahH3063 thirtyH7970 thousandH505.
[9]And they saidH559[H8799] unto the messengersH4397 that cameH935[H8802], Thus shall ye sayH559[H8799] unto the menH376 of JabeshgileadH3003[H1568], To morrowH4279, by that time the sunH8121 be hotH2527, ye shall have helpH8668. And the messengersH4397 cameH935[H8799] and shewedH5046[H8686] it to the menH582 of JabeshH3003; and they were gladH8055.[H8799]
[10]Therefore the menH582 of JabeshH3003 saidH559[H8799], To morrowH4279 we will come outH3318[H8799] unto you, and ye shall doH6213[H8804] with us all that seemethH5869 good unto youH2896.
[11]And it was so on the morrowH4283, that SaulH7586 putH7760[H8799] the peopleH5971 in threeH7969 companiesH7218; and they cameH935[H8799] into the midstH8432 of the hostH4264 in the morningH1242 watchH821, and slewH5221[H8686] the AmmonitesH5983 until the heatH2527 of the dayH3117: and it came to pass, that they which remainedH7604[H8737] were scatteredH6327[H8799], so that twoH8147 of them were not leftH7604[H8738] togetherH3162.
[12]And the peopleH5971 saidH559[H8799] unto SamuelH8050, Who is he that saidH559[H8802], Shall SaulH7586 reignH4427[H8799] over us? bringH5414[H8798] the menH582, that we may put them to deathH4191.[H8686]
[13]And SaulH7586 saidH559[H8799], There shall not a manH376 be put to deathH4191[H8714] this dayH3117: for to dayH3117 the LORDH3068 hath wroughtH6213[H8804] salvationH8668 in IsraelH3478.
[14]Then saidH559[H8799] SamuelH8050 to the peopleH5971, ComeH3212[H8798], and let us goH3212[H8799] to GilgalH1537, and renewH2318[H8762] the kingdom thereH4410.
[15]And all the peopleH5971 wentH3212[H8799] to GilgalH1537; and there they made SaulH7586 kingH4427[H8686] beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 in GilgalH1537; and there they sacrificedH2076[H8799] sacrificesH2077 of peace offeringsH8002 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068; and there SaulH7586 and all the menH582 of IsraelH3478 rejoicedH8055[H8799] greatlyH3966.
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