1 Kingdoms 11

1It came to be, about a month later, Nahash the Ammonite marched up and encamped against Jabesh Gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash the Ammonite, 'Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.'

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2And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, 'I will make a covenant with you on this one condition, that I should put out all your right eyes, and I will lay a reproach upon Israel.'

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3Then the men of Jabesh said to him, 'Hold off seven days for us, so we may send messengers to all the territory of Israel. And if then there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.'

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4So the messengers came to Saul at Gibeah, and in the hearing of the people they told the news. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept.

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5And behold, after the early morning, Saul came forth from the field and said, 'What makes the people weep?' So they explained to him in detail the words of the sons of Jabesh.

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6And as Saul heard these words, the Spirit of the Lord came upon him and his anger was greatly aroused.

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7Then he took two oxen and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, 'Whoever does not follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.'

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8And the fear of the Lord fell on the people of Israel, and they cried out as one man. When Saul numbered them in Bezek on the high place, the men of Israel were six hundred thousand, and the men of Judah seventy thousand.

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9And they said to the messengers who came, 'Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh, 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.' ' So the messengers came into the city and reported it to the men of Jabesh, and they were glad.

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10Therefore the men of Jabesh said to Nahash the Ammonite, 'Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do with us whatever seems good to you.'

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11And it came about on the next day that Saul first divided the people of the army into three companies, and then in the morning watch they entered into the midst of the camp and struck the sons of Ammon until the heat of the day. And those who survived scattered, so no two of them were left together.

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12Then the people said to Samuel, 'Who was saying, 'Saul shall not reign over us'? Bring the men so we may put them to death.'

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13But Saul said, 'No one shall be put to death today, for today the Lord has accomplished salvation in Israel.'

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14Then Samuel said to the people, 'Let us go to Gilgal and restore the kingdom there.'

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15So all the people went to Gilgal, and there Samuel anointed Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. And there they sacrificed the meat offering and the peace offerings before the Lord, and Samuel rejoiced, as did all Israel, exceedingly.

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