1Sa 11:1-3, 31:11-13, 2Sa 2:5-6 | ESV | STEP | Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh - gilead , and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash , Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.

1 Samuel 11:1-3

Saul Defeats the Ammonites

1 ^aThen Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged ^bJabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, ^c“Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.” 2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, ^dthat I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus ^ebring disgrace on all Israel.” 3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days’ respite that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will give ourselves up to you.”

1 Samuel 31:11-13

11 ^fBut when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 ^gall the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh ^hand burned them there. 13 And they took their bones ⁱand buried them under ^jthe tamarisk tree in Jabesh and ^kfasted seven days.

2 Samuel 2:5-6

5 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, ^l“May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him. 6 Now may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you. And I will do good to you because you have done this thing.