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Text -- 1 Samuel 11:2-15 (NET)
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11:2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel !”
11:3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Leave us alone for seven days so that we can send messengers throughout the territory of Israel . If there is no one who can deliver us, we will come out voluntarily to you.”
11:4 When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly .
11:5 Now Saul was walking behind the oxen as he came from the field . Saul asked , “What has happened to the people ? Why are they weeping ?” So they told him about the men of Jabesh .
11:6 The Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words , and he became very angry .
11:7 He took a pair of oxen and cut them up . Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers , who said , “Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen !” Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people , and they went out as one army .
11:8 When Saul counted them at Bezek , the Israelites were 300,000 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000 .
11:9 They said to the messengers who had come , “Here’s what you should say to the men of Jabesh Gilead : ‘Tomorrow deliverance will come to you when the sun is fully up .’” When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh Gilead, they were happy .
11:10 The men of Jabesh said , “Tomorrow we will come out to you and you can do with us whatever you wish .”
11:11 The next day Saul placed the people in three groups . They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them down until the hottest part of the day . The survivors scattered ; no two of them remained together .
Saul Is Established as King
11:12 Then the people said to Samuel , “Who were the ones asking , ‘Will Saul reign over us?’ Hand over those men so we may execute them!”
11:13 But Saul said , “No one will be killed on this day . For today the Lord has given Israel a victory !”
11:14 Samuel said to the people , “Come on! Let’s go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there .”
11:15 So all the people went to Gilgal , where they established Saul as king in the Lord’s presence . They offered up peace offerings there in the Lord’s presence . Saul and all the Israelites were very happy .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Nahash |
Saul |
JABESH |
Israel |
JONATHAN (2) |
ARIMATHAEA |
AMMON; AMMONITES |
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
Ammonites |
JUDAH, KINGDOM OF |
SIEGE |
Jabesh-gilead |
ZEBAH AND ZALMUNNA |
PALESTINE, 2 |
Tact |
Samuel |
Statecraft |
Gilgal |
Decision |
Bezek |
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