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1. And Nahash the Ammonite cometh up, and encampeth against Jabesh-Gilead, and all the men of Jabesh say unto Nahash, `Make with us a covenant, and we serve thee.`
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1. Then Nahash H5176 the Ammonite H5984 came up H5927 , and encamped H2583 against H5921 Jabesh H3003 H1568 -gilead : and all H3605 the men H376 of Jabesh H3003 said H559 unto H413 Nahash H5176 , Make H3772 a covenant H1285 with us , and we will serve H5647 thee.
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2. And Nahash the Ammonite saith unto them, `For this I covenant with you, by picking out to you every right eye -- and I have put it a reproach on all Israel.`
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2. And Nahash H5176 the Ammonite H5984 answered H559 H413 them , On this H2063 condition will I make H3772 a covenant with you , that I may thrust out H5365 all H3605 your right H3225 eyes H5869 , and lay H7760 it for a reproach H2781 upon H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478 .
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3. And the elders of Jabesh say to him, `Let us alone seven days, and we send messengers into all the border of Israel: and if there is none saving us -- then we have come out unto thee.`
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3. And the elders H2205 of Jabesh H3003 said H559 unto H413 him , Give us seven H7651 days H3117 ' respite H7503 , that we may send H7971 messengers H4397 unto all H3605 the coasts H1366 of Israel H3478 : and then, if H518 there be no man H369 to save H3467 us , we will come out H3318 to H413 thee.
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4. And the messengers come to Gibeah of Saul, and speak the words in the ears of the people, and all the people lift up their voice and weep;
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4. Then came H935 the messengers H4397 to Gibeah H1390 of Saul H7586 , and told H1696 the tidings H1697 in the ears H241 of the people H5971 : and all H3605 the people H5971 lifted up H5375 H853 their voices H6963 , and wept H1058 .
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5. and lo, Saul hath come after the herd out of the field, and Saul saith, `What -- to the people, that they weep?` and they recount to him the words of the men of Jabesh.
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5. And, behold H2009 , Saul H7586 came H935 after H310 the herd H1241 out of H4480 the field H7704 ; and Saul H7586 said H559 , What H4100 aileth the people H5971 that H3588 they weep H1058 ? And they told H5608 him H853 the tidings H1697 of the men H376 of Jabesh H3003 .
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6. And the Spirit of God doth prosper over Saul, in his hearing these words, and his anger burneth greatly,
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6. And the Spirit H7307 of God H430 came H6743 upon H5921 Saul H7586 when he heard H8085 H853 those H428 tidings H1697 , and his anger H639 was kindled H2734 greatly H3966 .
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7. and he taketh a couple of oxen, and cutteth them in pieces, and sendeth through all the border of Israel, by the hand of the messengers, saying, `He who is not coming out after Saul and after Samuel -- thus it is done to his oxen;` and the fear of Jehovah falleth on the people, and they come out as one man.
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7. And he took H3947 a yoke H6776 of oxen H1241 , and hewed them in pieces H5408 , and sent H7971 them throughout all H3605 the coasts H1366 of Israel H3478 by the hands H3027 of messengers H4397 , saying H559 , Whosoever H834 cometh not forth H369 H3318 after H310 Saul H7586 and after H310 Samuel H8050 , so H3541 shall it be done H6213 unto his oxen H1241 . And the fear H6343 of the LORD H3068 fell H5307 on H5921 the people H5971 , and they came out H3318 with one H259 consent H376 .
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8. And he inspecteth them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel are three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
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8. And when he numbered H6485 them in Bezek H966 , the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were H1961 three H7969 hundred H3967 thousand H505 , and the men H376 of Judah H3063 thirty H7970 thousand H505 .
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9. And they say to the messengers who are coming, `Thus do ye say to the men of Jabesh-Gilead: To-morrow ye have safety -- by the heat of the sun;` and the messengers come and declare to the men of Jabesh, and they rejoice;
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9. And they said H559 unto the messengers H4397 that came H935 , Thus H3541 shall ye say H559 unto the men H376 of Jabesh H3003 H1568 -gilead, Tomorrow H4279 , by that time the sun H8121 be hot H2527 , ye shall have H1961 help H8668 . And the messengers H4397 came H935 and showed H5046 it to the men H376 of Jabesh H3003 ; and they were glad H8055 .
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10. and the men of Jabesh say to the Ammonites, `To-morrow we come out unto you, and ye have done to us according to all that is good in your eyes.`
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10. Therefore the men H376 of Jabesh H3003 said H559 , Tomorrow H4279 we will come out H3318 unto H413 you , and ye shall do H6213 with us all H3605 that seemeth H5869 good H2896 unto you.
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11. And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Saul putteth the people in three detachments, and they come into the midst of the camp in the morning-watch, and smite Ammon till the heat of the day; and it cometh to pass that those left are scattered, and there have not been left of them two together.
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11. And it was H1961 so on the morrow H4480 H4283 , that Saul H7586 put H7760 H853 the people H5971 in three H7969 companies H7218 ; and they came H935 into the midst H8432 of the host H4264 in the morning H1242 watch H821 , and slew H5221 H853 the Ammonites H5983 until H5704 the heat H2527 of the day H3117 : and it came to pass H1961 , that they which remained H7604 were scattered H6327 , so that two H8147 of them were not H3808 left H7604 together H3162 .
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12. And the people say unto Samuel, `Who is he that saith, Saul doth reign over us! give ye up the men, and we put them to death.`
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12. And the people H5971 said H559 unto H413 Samuel H8050 , Who H4310 is he that said H559 , Shall Saul H7586 reign H4427 over H5921 us? bring H5414 the men H376 , that we may put them to death H4191 .
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13. And Saul saith, `There is no man put to death on this day, for to-day hath Jehovah wrought salvation in Israel.`
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13. And Saul H7586 said H559 , There shall not H3808 a man H376 be put to death H4191 this H2088 day H3117 : for H3588 today H3117 the LORD H3068 hath wrought H6213 salvation H8668 in Israel H3478 .
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14. And Samuel saith unto the people, `Come and we go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there;`
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14. Then said H559 Samuel H8050 to H413 the people H5971 , Come H1980 , and let us go H1980 to Gilgal H1537 , and renew H2318 the kingdom H4410 there H8033 .
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15. and all the people go to Gilgal, and cause Saul to reign there before Jehovah in Gilgal, and sacrifice there sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah, and there Saul rejoiceth -- and all the men of Israel -- very greatly.
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15. And all H3605 the people H5971 went H1980 to Gilgal H1537 ; and there H8033 they made Saul king H4427 H853 H7586 before H6440 the LORD H3068 in Gilgal H1537 ; and there H8033 they sacrificed H2076 sacrifices H2077 of peace offerings H8002 before H6440 the LORD H3068 ; and there H8033 Saul H7586 and all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 rejoiced H8055 greatly H3966 .
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