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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)
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
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
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
31:11 When the residents of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
31:12 all their warriors set out and traveled throughout the night. They took Saul’s corpse and the corpses of his sons from the city wall of Beth Shan and went
2:4 The bows of warriors are shattered,
but those who stumble find their strength reinforced.
2:5 Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food,
but the hungry no longer lack.
Even
but the one with many children withers away.
2:6 The Lord both kills and gives life;
he brings down to the grave
2:7 The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy;
he humbles and he exalts.