I. SAMUEL X. 27.

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SAULSENDS TO ALL ISRAEL.
WorD SENT ‘TO. JABESH- “GILEAD.
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2 But the_schildren_of Belial said “How shall thisman save us?” And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But /he held_his_peace.
THEN “Nahash the Ammonite came_up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the_*men_of Jabesh said unto Nahash, “c Make a potas with us, and we will_serve thee.”
2 And Nahash the Ammonite an- swered them,.“On this condition will_ I_cmake a@ covenant with you, that I may-_thrust_out all your right eyes, and slay it for a reproach upon all Israél.”
3 And the_elders_of Jabesh said unto him, “Give us seven days’ respite, that we may_send messengers unto all the_ > coasts_of Israél: and then, if there be no s+man_to_save 1s, we -will_come_out to thee.”
4Then came the messengers to_Gi- beah_of Saul, and told the tidings in the_ears_of the people: and all the people lifted_up their «voices, and
wept.
5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out_of the field; and Saul said, “What aileth the people that they fweep?” And they told him -the_
tidings_of the_~ men_of Jabesh.
6 And the_Spirit_of =God came upon
.|Saul when he heard xthose xtidings, ‘jand his anger was_kindled greatly.
. 7 And he took a yoke_of oxen, and
hewed_them_in_pieces, and sent them
throughout all the_>coasts_of Israél by the-hands_of «messengers, saying, “Whosoever cometh not forth after aul and after Samuél, so shall_it_ be_done unto his oxen.” And the_ fear_of ‘the Lorn fell on the people, and they came_out «with one con- sent.
8 And when he numbered them in
-|Bezek, the_schildren_of Israél were
three hundred thousand, and the_ t*men_of Judah thirty thousand.
* And they said unto the messengers xathat came, “Thus shall_ye_say unto the_imen_of Jabesh-gilead, ‘To-mor- row, by that time the sun be_hot, ye shail_have shelp.”” And the messen- gers came and shewed it to the_¢men_ of Jabesh ; and they were_glad.
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.”
11 And it was.so on the_morrow, that Saul put -the people in three com-
_ |panies; and they came into the_midst_
of the c host in the morning watch, and slew -the Ammonites until the_heat_ of the day: and it came_to_pass, x+that they_which remained were-scattered, so that two of them were not left to- gether.
72 And the people said unto Samuél,
ey. |“ Who is x+he_that said, ‘Shall Saul
reign over us?’ sbring the « men, that
we ‘may.put_them_to_death.” 13 And Saul said, “There shall not a tman be_put_to_death xthis xday: for
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