a 1 Sam 12:12
c Judg 21:8; 1 Sam 31:11
d Gen 26:28; 1 Kin 20:34; Job 41:4; Ezek 17:13
e Num 16:14
f 1 Sam 17:26; Ps 44:13
g 1 Sam 8:4
h 1 Sam 10:26; 15:34
i Gen 27:38; Judg 2:4; 20:23, 26; 21:2; 1 Sam 30:4
j 1 Kin 19:19
l Judg 3:10; 6:34; 11:29; 13:25; 14:6; 1 Sam 10:10; 16:13
n Judg 19:29
o Judg 21:5, 8
p Judg 20:1
r Judg 1:5
s Judg 20:2
t 1 Sam 11:3
v Judg 7:16, 20
w 1 Sam 10:27
y Luke 19:27
z 1 Sam 10:27; 2 Sam 19:22
aa Ex 14:13, 30; 1 Sam 19:5
ab 1 Sam 7:16; 10:8
ac 1 Sam 10:25
ad 1 Sam 10:17
ae 1 Sam 10:8

1 Samuel 11

Saul Defeats the Ammonites

1Now aNahash the Ammonite came up and ▼
▼ Lit camped against
besieged cJabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make da covenant with us and we will serve you.” 2But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “I will make it with you on this condition, ethat I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it fa reproach on all Israel.” 3 gThe elders of Jabesh said to him, “Let us alone for seven days, that we may send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to deliver us, we will come out to you.” 4Then the messengers came hto Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people ilifted up their voices and wept.

5Now behold, Saul was coming from the field jbehind the oxen, and ▼
▼ Lit Saul
he said, “What is the matter with the people that they weep?” So they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh. 6Then lthe Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and ▼
▼ Lit his anger burned exceedingly
he became very angry. 7He took a yoke of oxen and ncut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, o“Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” Then the dread of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out pas one man. 8He ▼
▼ Lit mustered
numbered them in rBezek; and the ssons of Israel were 300,000, and the men of Judah 30,000. 9They said to the messengers who had come, “Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will have deliverance.’” So the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. 10Then the men of Jabesh said, t“Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good ▼
▼ Lit in your sight
to you.” 11The next morning Saul put the people vin three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

12Then the people said to Samuel, w“Who is he that said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ ▼
▼ Lit Give
 , yBring the men, that we may put them to death.” 13But Saul said, z“Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today aathe Lord has accomplished deliverance in Israel.”

14Then Samuel said to the people, “Come and let us go to abGilgal and acrenew the kingdom there.” 15So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king adbefore the Lord in Gilgal. There they also aeoffered sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
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