1 Samuel 11

1Then 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.

וַיַּעַל נָחָשׁ הָעַמֹּונִי וַיִּחַן עַל־יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּל־אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ אֶל־נָחָשׁ כְּרָת־לָנוּ בְרִית וְנַעַבְדֶךָּ׃ (4103)

2And 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.

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם נָחָשׁ הָעַמֹּונִי בְּזֹאת אֶכְרֹת לָכֶם בִּנְקֹור לָכֶם כָּל־עֵין יָמִין וְשַׂמְתִּיהָ חֶרְפָּה עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (4486)

See also: 1 Samuel 17:26, Genesis 34:14, Numbers 16:14, Exodus 3:6, Judges 16:21, 1 Samuel 11:10, 1 Samuel 11:11, 2 Kings 18:31, Nehemiah 2:17, Nehemiah 4:7, Proverbs 12:10, Jeremiah 39:7

3And 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.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו זִקְנֵי יָבֵישׁ הֶרֶף לָנוּ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים וְנִשְׁלְחָה מַלְאָכִים בְּכֹל גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאִם־אֵין מֹושִׁיעַ אֹתָנוּ וְיָצָאנוּ אֵלֶיךָ׃ (4431)

See also: Isaiah 36:16

4Then 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.

וַיָּבֹאוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים גִּבְעַת שָׁאוּל וַיְדַבְּרוּ הַדְּבָרִים בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיִּשְׂאוּ כָל־הָעָם אֶת־קֹולָם וַיִּבְכּוּ׃ (2766)

See also: Judges 2:4, 1 Samuel 10:26, 1 Samuel 15:34, Judges 21:2, 1 Samuel 30:4, 2 Samuel 21:6, Isaiah 10:29, Galatians 6:2, Genesis 49:27, 1 Samuel 14:2, 1 Chronicles 12:3, Job 2:12, Romans 12:15, 1 Corinthians 12:26, Hebrews 13:3, Esther 4:3

5And, 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.

וְהִנֵּה שָׁאוּל בָּא אַחֲרֵי הַבָּקָר מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל מַה־לָּעָם כִּי יִבְכּוּ וַיְסַפְּרוּ־לֹו אֶת־דִּבְרֵי אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ׃ (3881)

See also: 1 Kings 19:19, Genesis 21:17, Judges 18:23, 1 Samuel 6:14, 1 Samuel 9:1, 1 Samuel 21:7, Isaiah 22:1, Psalms 78:71

6And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

וַתִּצְלַח רוּחַ־אֱלֹהִים עַל־שָׁאוּל [בְּשָׁמְעֹו כ] (כְּשָׁמְעֹו ק) אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיִּחַר אַפֹּו מְאֹד׃ (3304)

See also: 1 Samuel 10:10, Judges 3:10, Judges 6:34, Judges 14:19, 1 Samuel 16:13, Judges 13:25, Judges 14:6, 1 Samuel 16:14, Judges 11:29, Judges 15:14, Exodus 32:19, Numbers 12:3, Judges 11:5, 1 Samuel 20:13, Psalms 36:3, Mark 3:5, Ephesians 4:26

7And 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.

וַיִּקַּח צֶמֶד בָּקָר וַיְנַתְּחֵהוּ וַיְשַׁלַּח בְּכָל־גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיַד הַמַּלְאָכִים ׀ לֵאמֹר אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ יֹצֵא אַחֲרֵי שָׁאוּל וְאַחַר שְׁמוּאֵל כֹּה יֵעָשֶׂה לִבְקָרֹו וַיִּפֹּל פַּחַד־יְהוָה עַל־הָעָם וַיֵּצְאוּ כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד׃ (5997)

See also: Judges 19:29, Judges 20:1, Genesis 35:5, Judges 21:10, Judges 21:5-11, 2 Chronicles 14:14, 2 Chronicles 17:10, Ezra 10:8

8And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

וַיִּפְקְדֵם בְּבָזֶק וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאֹות אֶלֶף וְאִישׁ יְהוּדָה שְׁלֹשִׁים אָלֶף׃ (3317)

See also: Judges 1:4-5, 2 Samuel 24:9, Judges 20:2, Judges 20:17, 1 Samuel 13:15, 1 Samuel 15:4, 2 Kings 3:6, 2 Chronicles 17:12-19

9And 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.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ לַמַּלְאָכִים הַבָּאִים כֹּה תֹאמְרוּן לְאִישׁ יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד מָחָר תִּהְיֶה־לָכֶם תְּשׁוּעָה [בְּחֹם כ] (כְּחֹם ק) הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וַיָּבֹאוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים וַיַּגִּידוּ לְאַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ וַיִּשְׂמָחוּ׃ (5699)

See also: 2 Kings 7:1, Psalms 18:17, Proverbs 27:17, Joshua 11:6, Joshua 10:9

10Therefore 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.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ מָחָר נֵצֵא אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָּנוּ כְּכָל־הַטֹּוב בְּעֵינֵיכֶם׃ (2642)

See also: 1 Samuel 11:2-3

11And 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.

וַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָת וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁאוּל אֶת־הָעָם שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים וַיָּבֹאוּ בְתֹוךְ־הַמַּחֲנֶה בְּאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבֹּקֶר וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־עַמֹּון עַד־חֹם הַיֹּום וַיְהִי הַנִּשְׁאָרִים וַיָּפֻצוּ וְלֹא נִשְׁאֲרוּ־בָם שְׁנַיִם יָחַד׃ (7604)

See also: Judges 7:16, 1 Samuel 30:17, Genesis 22:14, Exodus 14:24, James 2:13, Judges 1:7, Judges 4:16, Judges 9:43, 1 Samuel 11:2, 1 Samuel 13:17, 1 Samuel 14:36, 1 Samuel 25:34, 2 Samuel 18:2, Psalms 46:1, Matthew 7:2, Mark 6:48

12And 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.

וַיֹּאמֶר הָעָם אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל מִי הָאֹמֵר שָׁאוּל יִמְלֹךְ עָלֵינוּ תְּנוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים וּנְמִיתֵם׃ (3087)

See also: 1 Samuel 10:27, Luke 19:27, Judges 11:5, Joshua 1:18, Psalms 21:8

13And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.

וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל לֹא־יוּמַת אִישׁ בַּיֹּום הַזֶּה כִּי הַיֹּום עָשָׂה־יְהוָה תְּשׁוּעָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (3283)

See also: 1 Samuel 19:5, 2 Samuel 19:22, Exodus 14:13, Matthew 13:20, Exodus 14:30, 1 Samuel 14:45, 2 Samuel 23:10, Psalms 44:4-8, Isaiah 59:16, Isaiah 26:18, 1 Corinthians 15:10

14Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־הָעָם לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה הַגִּלְגָּל וּנְחַדֵּשׁ שָׁם הַמְּלוּכָה׃ (1832)

See also: 1 Samuel 10:8, 1 Samuel 12:1, 1 Samuel 7:16, 2 Samuel 19:15, Joshua 4:19, Joshua 10:43, 1 Samuel 5:3, 1 Samuel 10:24-25, 1 Samuel 13:4, 1 Kings 1:25, 1 Chronicles 12:38-39, Amos 5:5

15And 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.

וַיֵּלְכוּ כָל־הָעָם הַגִּלְגָּל וַיַּמְלִכוּ שָׁם אֶת־שָׁאוּל לִפְנֵי יְהוָה בַּגִּלְגָּל וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־שָׁם זְבָחִים שְׁלָמִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיִּשְׂמַח שָׁם שָׁאוּל וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד־מְאֹד׃ (4942)

See also: 1 Samuel 10:8, Judges 11:11, 1 Samuel 10:17, 1 Chronicles 29:21-24, Acts 13:21, Exodus 24:5, 1 Samuel 7:17, 1 Samuel 8:19, 1 Samuel 12:13-15, 1 Samuel 12:17, 1 Samuel 31:6, 2 Samuel 5:3, 1 Kings 1:40, 2 Kings 10:3, 2 Kings 21:24, 1 Chronicles 11:3, Hosea 13:10-11, James 4:16