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Saul
Defeats the Ammonites |
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| 1 Samuel 11:1 |
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Now Nahash the Ammonite came up and besieged
Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with
us and we will serve you." |
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| 1 Samuel 11:2 |
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But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "I will
make it with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every
one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel." |
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| 1 Samuel 11:3 |
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The 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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| 1 Samuel 11:4 |
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Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul
and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted
up their voices and wept. |
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| 1 Samuel 11:5 |
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Now behold, Saul was coming from the field
behind the oxen, and he 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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| 1 Samuel 11:6 |
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Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily
when he heard these words, and he became very angry. |
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| 1 Samuel 11:7 |
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He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces,
and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying,
"Whoever 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 as
one man. |
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| 1 Samuel 11:8 |
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He numbered them in Bezek; and the sons of Israel
were 300,000, and the men of Judah 30,000. |
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| 1 Samuel 11:9 |
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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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| 1 Samuel 11:10 |
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Then the men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will
come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you." |
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| 1 Samuel 11:11 |
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The next morning Saul put the people in 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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| 1 Samuel 11:12 |
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Then the people said to Samuel, "Who is he that
said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring the men, that we may put them to death." |
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| 1 Samuel 11:13 |
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But Saul said, "Not a man shall be put to death
this day, for today the LORD has accomplished deliverance in Israel." |
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| 1 Samuel 11:14 |
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Then Samuel said to the people, "Come and let
us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there." |
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| 1 Samuel 11:15 |
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So all the people went to Gilgal, and there
they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal. There they also offered sacrifices
of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced
greatly. |
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