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  11:1 ¶
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. |
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11:1 ¶
Then Nahash°
the Ammonite°
came up,°°
and encamped°°
against°
Jabeshgilead:°°
and all°
the men°°
of Jabesh°
said°°
unto°
Nahash,°
Make°°
a covenant°
with us, and we will serve°°
thee. |
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11:2
And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. |
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11:2
And Nahash°
the Ammonite°
answered°°°
them, On this°
[condition] will I make°°
[a covenant] with you, that I may thrust out°°
all°
your right°
eyes,°
and lay°°
it [for] a reproach°
upon°
all°
Israel.° |
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11:3
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the borders of Israel; and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to thee. |
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11:3
And the elders°
of Jabesh°
said°°
unto°
him, Give us seven°
days'°
respite,°°
that we may send°°
messengers°
unto all°
the coasts°
of Israel:°
and then, if°
[there be] no man°
to save°°
us, we will come out°°
to°
thee. |
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11:4 ¶
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spake these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept. |
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11:4 ¶
Then came°°
the messengers°
to Gibeah°
of Saul,°
and told°°
the tidings°
in the ears°
of the people:°
and all°
the people°
lifted up°°°
their voices,°
and wept.°° |
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11:5
And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh. |
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11:5
And, behold,°
Saul°
came°°
after°
the herd°
out of°
the field;°
and Saul°
said,°°
What°
[aileth] the people°
that°
they weep?°°
And they told°°
him°
the tidings°
of the men°°
of Jabesh.° |
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11:6
And the Spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly. |
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11:6
And the Spirit°
of God°
came°°
upon°
Saul°
when he heard°°°
those°
tidings,°
and his anger°
was kindled°°
greatly.° |
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11:7
And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the dread of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man. |
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11:7
And he took°°
a yoke°
of oxen,°
and hewed them in pieces,°°
and sent°°
[them] throughout all°
the coasts°
of Israel°
by the hands°
of messengers,°
saying,°°
Whosoever°
cometh not forth°°°
after°
Saul°
and after°
Samuel,°
so°
shall it be done°°
unto his oxen.°
And the fear°
of the LORD°
fell°°
on°
the people,°
and they came out°°
with one°
consent.° |
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11:8
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. |
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11:8
And when he numbered°°
them in Bezek,°
the children°
of Israel°
were°
three°
hundred°
thousand,°
and the men°
of Judah°
thirty°
thousand.° |
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11:9
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. |
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11:9
And they said°°
unto the messengers°
that came,°°
Thus°
shall ye say°°
unto the men°
of Jabeshgilead,°°
To morrow,°
by [that time] the sun°
be hot,°
ye shall have°
help.°
And the messengers°
came°°
and shewed°°
[it] to the men°°
of Jabesh;°
and they were glad.°° |
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11:10
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. |
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11:10
Therefore the men°°
of Jabesh°
said,°°
To morrow°
we will come out°°
unto°
you, and ye shall do°°
with us all°
that seemeth°
good°
unto you. |
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11:11
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that not two of them were left together. |
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11:11
And it was°
[so] on the morrow,°°
that Saul°
put°°°
the people°
in three°
companies;°
and they came°°
into the midst°
of the host°
in the morning°
watch,°
and slew°°°
the Ammonites°
until°
the heat°
of the day:°
and it came to pass,°
that they which remained°°
were scattered,°°
so that two°
of them were not°
left°°
together.° |
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11:12 ¶
And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. |
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11:12 ¶
And the people°
said°°
unto°
Samuel,°
Who°
[is] he that said,°°
Shall Saul°
reign°°
over°
us? bring°°
the men,°°
that we may put them to death.°° |
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11:13
And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day; for to-day Jehovah hath wrought deliverance in Israel. |
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11:13
And Saul°
said,°°
There shall not°
a man°
be put to death°°
this°
day:°
for°
to day°
the LORD°
hath wrought°°
salvation°
in Israel.° |
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11:14
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. |
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11:14
Then said°°
Samuel°
to°
the people,°
Come,°°°
and let us go°°°
to Gilgal,°
and renew°°
the kingdom°
there.° |
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11:15
And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Jehovah in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. |
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11:15
And all°
the people°
went°°°
to Gilgal;°
and there°
they made Saul°
king°°°°
before°
the LORD°
in Gilgal;°
and there°
they sacrificed°°
sacrifices°
of peace offerings°
before°
the LORD;°
and there°
Saul°
and all°
the men°°
of Israel°
rejoiced°°
greatly.° |
