1 Samuel 11:1

Then Nahash
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the Ammonite
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came up
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and encamped
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against Jabeshgilead
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and all the men
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of Jabesh
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said
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unto Nahash
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Make
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a covenant
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with us, and we will serve
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thee.

1 Samuel 11:3

And the elders
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of Jabesh
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said
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unto him, Give us seven
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days
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respite
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that we may send
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messengers
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unto all the coasts
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of Israel
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and then, if [there be] no man to save
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us, we will come out
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to thee. {Give...: Heb. Forbear us}

And they said
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unto the messengers
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that came
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Thus shall ye say
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unto the men
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of Jabeshgilead
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To morrow
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by [that time] the sun
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be hot
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ye shall have help
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And the messengers
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came
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and shewed
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[it] to the men
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of Jabesh
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and they were glad
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{help: or, deliverance}