1Sa 11 | ABEn | STEP | And [ 4 ascended 1 Nahash 2 the 3 Ammonite], and camped against Jabish Gilead. And [ 5 said 1 all 2 the 3 men 4 of Jabish] to Nahash the Ammonite, Ordain with us a covenant! and we will serve you.

1 Samuel 11

CHAPTER 11 War with the Ammonites

1 And [⁴ascended ¹Nahash ²the ³Ammonite], and camped against Jabish Gilead. And [⁵said ¹all ²the ³men ⁴of Jabish] to Nahash the Ammonite, Ordain with us a covenant! and we will serve you. 2 And [⁴said ⁵to ⁶them ¹Nahash ²the ³Ammonite], By this I will ordain with you a covenant, in the gouging out of all of you [²eye ¹the right], and I will make it for scorn upon all Israel. 3 And [⁴spoke ⁵to him ¹the ²men ³of Jabish], saying, Spare us seven days, and we will send messengers unto every border of Israel. And if there might not be one delivering us, then we will come forth to you. 4 And [³came ¹the ²messengers] into Gibeah to Saul, and they spoke these words into the ears of the people; and [⁴lifted up ¹all ²the ³people] their voice, and they wept. 5 And behold, Saul came from behind the oxen from out of the field. And Saul said, Why is it that [³weep ¹the ²people]? And they described to him the words of the men of Jabish. 6 And [³sprang up ¹spirit ²of the lord] upon Saul, as he heard these words, and [³enraged ⁴over ⁵them ¹his anger ²was exceedingly]. 7 And he took two oxen, and dismembered them, and sent them unto every border of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whosoever is not going forth after Saul and after Samuel, according to thus they shall do to his oxen. And there fell a change of state of the lord upon the people, and they yelled as [²man ¹one]. 8 And he numbered them in Bezek, all the men of Israel -- three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah -- thirty thousand. 9 And he said to the messengers, to the ones coming, Thus you shall say to the men of Jabish Gilead, Tomorrow there will be deliverance to you at the warming through of the sun. And [³came ¹the ²messengers] into the city, and they reported to the men of Jabish, and they were glad. 10 And [⁴said ¹the ²men ³of Jabish] to Nahash the Ammonite, Tomorrow we shall come forth to you, and you shall do to us what is good before you. 11 And it came to pass with the morning, that Saul put the people into three companies, and they entered into the midst of the camp in the early morning watch, and they struck the sons of Ammon until [³warmed through ¹the ²day]. And it came to pass, the ones being left behind were scattered, and there was not left behind among them two together. 12 And [³said ¹the ²people] to Samuel, Who is the one saying, Saul shall not reign over us? Deliver up the men! and we will kill them. 13 And Saul said, Not shall [²die ¹any one] in this day, for today the lord produced deliverance in Israel. 14 And Samuel said to the people, saying, Come, we should go unto Gilgal, and we should renew there the kingdom. 15 And [⁴went ¹all ²the ³people] unto Gilgal; and Samuel anointed Saul there as king before the lord in Gilgal. And he sacrificed there sacrifice offerings and peace offerings before the lord. And [²was glad ³there ¹Saul] and all the men of Israel greatly.