1 Samuel 11
11:1And Nahash the Ammonite ascended, and camped against Jabish Gilead. And all the men of Jabish said to Nahash the Ammonite, Ordain with us a covenant! and we will serve you.
11:2And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, By this I will ordain with you a covenant, in the gouging out of all of you the right eye, and I will make it for scorn upon all Israel.
11:3And the men of Jabish spoke to him, 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.
11:4And the messengers came into Gibeah to Saul, and they spoke these words into the ears of the people; and all the people lifted up their voice, and they wept.
11:5And behold, Saul came from behind the oxen from out of the field. And Saul said, Why is it that the people weep? And they described to him the words of the men of Jabish.
11:6And spirit of the lord sprang up upon Saul, as he heard these words, and his anger was exceedingly enraged over them.
11:7And 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 one man.
11:8And he numbered them in Bezek, all the men of Israel -- three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah -- thirty thousand.
11:9And 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 the messengers came into the city, and they reported to the men of Jabish, and they were glad.
11:10And the men of Jabish said to Nahash the Ammonite, Tomorrow we shall come forth to you, and you shall do to us what is good before you.
11:11And 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 the day warmed through. And it came to pass, the ones being left behind were scattered, and there was not left behind among them two together.
11:12And the people said to Samuel, Who is the one saying, Saul shall not reign over us? Deliver up the men! and we will kill them.
11:13And Saul said, Not shall any one die in this day, for today the lord produced deliverance in Israel.
11:14And Samuel said to the people, saying, Come, we should go unto Gilgal, and we should renew there the kingdom.
11:15And all the people went 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 Saul was glad there and all the men of Israel greatly.