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          DASV: 1 Samuel 11    

1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and camped against
Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash,
"Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you."
2 But Nahash the Ammonite replied, "I will make a treaty
with you but only on this condition, that all your right
eyes be gouged out; and by doing this I will disgrace
all Israel."
3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Give us seven days
so that we may send messengers to all the territory
of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us,
we will give ourselves up to you."

4 When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and reported
the matter in the ears of the people, all the people wept aloud.
5 Now Saul was coming in from the field following the oxen.
Saul asked, "What's the matter with the people that they
are weeping?" Then they told him the news from the men
of Jabesh.
6 The Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those
words, and he became very angry.
7 He took a pair of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them
throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers,
saying, "Whoever does not follow Saul and Samuel, this is what
will be done to his oxen." The dread of the LORD fell on the people,
and they came together as one.
8 Then he numbered them in Bezek; and there were 300,000 Israelites,
and 30,000 men of Judah.
9 They said to the messengers who had come, "Tell the men of
Jabesh-gilead, 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will
be delivered.'" So the messengers went and told the men of
Jabesh, and they were glad.
10 The men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you,
and you may do to us whatever you want to."

11 The next day Saul broke the troops up into three companies.
During the morning watch they attacked the camp, and struck
down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who
survived scattered so that no two of them were left together.
12 Then the people asked Samuel, "Who said, 'Will Saul reign
over us?' Bring out the men, so that we may put them to death."
13 But Saul objected, "No one will be put to death this day,
for today the LORD has brought deliverance to Israel."

14 Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal
and renew the kingdom there."
15 So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul
king before the LORD. There they offered sacrifices of peace
offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men
of Israel rejoiced greatly.

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