1 Samuel 11:3-4

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}

Then came
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the messengers
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to Gibeah
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of Saul
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and told
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the tidings
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in the ears
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of the people
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and all the people
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lifted up
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their voices
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and wept
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