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.
			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.
			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. [Give...: Heb. Forbear us]
			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# .
			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.
			6	And the Spirit of God came# upon Saul when he heard# those tidings, and 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 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. [with...: Heb. as one man]
			8	And when he numbered# them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
			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# . [help: or, deliverance]
			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 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.
			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# .
			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.
			14	Then said# Samuel to the people, Come# , and let us go# to Gilgal, and renew# the kingdom there.
			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.