1 Then|strong="H5927" Nahash|strong="H5176" the|strong="H3605" Ammonite|strong="H5984" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H1285" encamped|strong="H2583" against|strong="H5921" Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003": and|strong="H1285" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" Jabesh|strong="H3003" said unto|strong="H5927" Nahash|strong="H5176", Make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1285" we|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5647" serve|strong="H5647" thee|strong="H5647".
2 And|strong="H3478" Nahash|strong="H5176" the|strong="H3605" Ammonite|strong="H5984" said unto|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5921", On|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" condition will|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" make|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605", that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" eyes|strong="H5869" be|strong="H3478" put|strong="H7760" out|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" lay|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" reproach|strong="H2781" upon|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478".
3 And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3117" Jabesh|strong="H3003" said|strong="H3318" unto|strong="H4397" him|strong="H7971", Give us|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117"’ respite|strong="H7503", that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" unto|strong="H4397" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H3318", if there|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3478" none|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3117", we|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" thee|strong="H7971".
4 Then|strong="H1696" came|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H1696" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H1697" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H5971" spake|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" words|strong="H1697" in|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" ears of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971": and|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H5971" wept|strong="H1058".
5 And|strong="H5971", behold|strong="H2009", Saul|strong="H7586" came|strong="H5971" following the|strong="H3588" oxen|strong="H1241" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" field|strong="H7704"; and|strong="H5971" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H1697", What|strong="H4100" aileth the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" weep|strong="H1058"? And|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5608" him|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1697" Jabesh|strong="H3003".
6 And|strong="H7586" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1697" God came|strong="H6743" mightily|strong="H6743" upon|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586" when|strong="H8085" he|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H5921" words|strong="H1697", and|strong="H7586" his|strong="H8085" anger|strong="H7307" was|strong="H7586" kindled|strong="H2734" greatly|strong="H3966".
7 And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3068" yoke|strong="H6776" of|strong="H3068" oxen|strong="H1241", and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H5408" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408", and|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5921" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" messengers|strong="H4397", saying, Whosoever|strong="H3605" cometh|strong="H3318" not|strong="H6213" forth|strong="H3318" after|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" after|strong="H5921" Samuel|strong="H8050", so|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" done|strong="H6213" unto|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" oxen|strong="H1241". And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" dread|strong="H6343" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" as|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605".
8 And|strong="H3967" he|strong="H3478" numbered|strong="H6485" them|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" Bezek; and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H6485" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand, and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H6485" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" thirty|strong="H7970" thousand.
9 And|strong="H1568" they|strong="H3541" said unto|strong="H4397" the|strong="H3541" messengers|strong="H4397" that|strong="H4397" came|strong="H1961", Thus|strong="H3541" shall|strong="H4397" ye|strong="H5046" say unto|strong="H4397" the|strong="H3541" men of|strong="H4397" Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003", Tomorrow|strong="H4279", by|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3541" time|strong="H4279" the|strong="H3541" sun|strong="H8121" is|strong="H1961" hot|strong="H2527", ye|strong="H5046" shall|strong="H4397" have|strong="H1961" deliverance|strong="H8668". And|strong="H1568" the|strong="H3541" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1568" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3541" men of|strong="H4397" Jabesh|strong="H3003"; and|strong="H1568" they|strong="H3541" were|strong="H1961" glad|strong="H8055".
10 Therefore|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H6213" of|strong="H5869" Jabesh|strong="H3003" said|strong="H3318", Tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5869" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" unto|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H5869" ye|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H5869" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" seemeth|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" unto|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605".
11 And|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" morrow|strong="H4283", that|strong="H5971" Saul|strong="H7586" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" companies|strong="H7218"; and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" came|strong="H1961" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5221" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" camp|strong="H4264" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" morning|strong="H1242" watch, and|strong="H3117" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" Ammonites|strong="H5983" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" heat|strong="H2527" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" day|strong="H3117": and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7760" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" pass|strong="H1961", that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" remained|strong="H7604" were|strong="H1961" scattered|strong="H6327", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H5221" were|strong="H1961" left|strong="H7604" together|strong="H3162".
12 And|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" said unto|strong="H5414" Samuel|strong="H8050", Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" he|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5971" said, Shall|strong="H5971" Saul|strong="H7586" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414"? bring|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971", that|strong="H5971" we|strong="H3068" may|strong="H5971" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191".
13 And|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" said, There|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3068" man|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H3478" death|strong="H4191" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"; for|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117" Jehovah|strong="H3068" hath|strong="H3068" wrought|strong="H6213" deliverance|strong="H8668" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".
14 Then said Samuel|strong="H8050" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8033" people|strong="H5971", Come|strong="H3212", and|strong="H3212" let|strong="H3212" us|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H3212" renew|strong="H2318" the|strong="H8033" kingdom|strong="H4410" there|strong="H8033".
15 And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" Gilgal|strong="H1537"; and|strong="H3478" there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" made|strong="H4427" Saul|strong="H7586" king|strong="H4427" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" Gilgal|strong="H1537"; and|strong="H3478" there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" of|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3478" there|strong="H8033" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" rejoiced|strong="H8055" greatly|strong="H3966".