11 Then Nahash the aAmmonite came up, and encamped against bJabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, cMake a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. 2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make da covenant with you, that I may ethrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for fa reproach upon all Israel. 3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, †Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. 4 Then came the messengers to gGibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and hall the people lifted up their voices, and wept. 5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 6 And ithe Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and jhewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, kWhosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out †with one consent. 8 And when he numbered them in lBezek, mthe children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have ||help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow nwe will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. 11 And it was so on the morrow, that oSaul put the people pin three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in qthe morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

12 And the people said unto Samuel, rWho is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? sbring the men, that we may put them to death. 13 And Saul said, tThere shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day uthe Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel. 14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to wGilgal, and renew the kingdom there. 15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king xbefore the Lord in Gilgal; and ythere they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.