1 Samuel 11:1-11
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Then Nahash H5176 the Ammonite H5984 came H5927 up, and encamped H2583 against H5921 Jabeshgilead: H3003 H1568 and all H3605 the men H582 of Jabesh H3003 said H559 to Nahash, H5176 Make H3772 a covenant H1285 with us, and we will serve H5647 you.
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And Nahash H5176 the Ammonite H5984 answered H559 them, On this H2063 condition will I make H3772 a covenant with you, that I may thrust H5365 out all H3605 your right H3225 eyes, H5869 and lay H7760 it for a reproach H2781 on all H3605 Israel. H3478
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And the elders H2205 of Jabesh H3003 said H559 to him, Give us seven H7651 days' H3117 respite, H7503 that we may send H7971 messengers H4397 to all H3605 the coasts H1366 of Israel: H3478 and then, if H518 there be no H369 man to save H3467 us, we will come H3318 out to you.
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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 H5375 up their voices, H6963 and wept. H1058
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And, behold, H2009 Saul H7586 came H935 after H310 the herd H1241 out of the field; H7704 and Saul H7586 said, H559 What H4100 ails the people H5971 that they weep? H1058 And they told H5608 him the tidings H1697 of the men H582 of Jabesh. H3003
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And the Spirit H7307 of God H430 came H6743 on Saul H7586 when he heard H8085 those H428 tidings, H1697 and his anger H639 was kindled H2734 greatly. H3966
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And he took H3947 a yoke H6776 of oxen, H1241 and hewed H5408 them in pieces, and sent H7971 them throughout all H3605 the coasts H1366 of Israel H3478 by the hands H3027 of messengers, H4397 saying, H559 Whoever H834 comes H3318 not forth H3318 after H310 Saul H7586 and after H310 Samuel, H8050 so H3541 shall it be done H6213 to his oxen. H1241 And the fear H6343 of the LORD H3068 fell H5307 on H5921 the people, H5971 and they came H3318 out with one H259 consent. H376
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And when he numbered H6485 them in Bezek, H966 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were three H7969 hundred H3967 thousand, H505 and the men H376 of Judah H3063 thirty H7970 thousand. H505
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And they said H559 to the messengers H4397 that came, H935 Thus H3541 shall you say H559 to the men H376 of Jabeshgilead, H3003 H1568 To morrow, H4279 by that time the sun H8121 be hot, H2527 you shall have help. H8668 And the messengers H4397 came H935 and showed H5046 it to the men H582 of Jabesh; H3003 and they were glad. H8056
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Therefore the men H582 of Jabesh H3003 said, H559 To morrow H4279 we will come H3318 out to you, and you shall do H6213 with us all H3605 that seems H5869 good H2896 to you.
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And it was so on the morrow, H4283 that Saul H7586 put H7760 the people H5971 in three H7969 companies; H7218 and they came H935 into the middle H8432 of the host H4264 in the morning H1242 watch, H821 and slew H5221 the Ammonites H5984 until H5704 the heat H2527 of the day: H3117 and it came H1961 to pass, that they which remained H7604 were scattered, H6327 so that two H8147 of them were not left H7604 together. H3162
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1 Samuel 31:11-13
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And when the inhabitants H3427 of Jabeshgilead H3003 H1568 heard H8085 of that which the Philistines H6430 had done H6213 to Saul; H7586
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All H3605 the valiant H2428 men H376 arose, H6965 and went H3212 all H3605 night, H3915 and took H3947 the body H1472 of Saul H7586 and the bodies H1472 of his sons H1121 from the wall H2346 of Bethshan, H1052 and came H935 to Jabesh, H3003 and burnt H8313 them there. H8033
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And they took H3947 their bones, H6106 and buried H6912 them under H8478 a tree H815 at Jabesh, H3003 and fasted H6684 seven H7651 days. H3117
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2 Samuel 2:4-7
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And the men H582 of Judah H3063 came, H935 and there H8033 they anointed H4886 David H1732 king H4428 over H5921 the house H1004 of Judah. H3063 And they told H5046 David, H1732 saying, H559 That the men H582 of Jabeshgilead H3003 H1568 were they that buried H6912 Saul. H7586
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And David H1732 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to the men H582 of Jabeshgilead, H3003 H1568 and said H559 to them, Blessed H1288 be you of the LORD, H3068 that you have showed H6213 this H2088 kindness H2617 to your lord, H113 even to Saul, H7586 and have buried H6912 him.
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And now H6258 the LORD H3068 show H6213 kindness H2617 and truth H571 to you: and I also H1571 will requite H6213 you this H2088 kindness, H2896 because H834 you have done H6213 this H2088 thing. H1697
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Therefore now H6258 let your hands H3027 be strengthened, H2388 and be you valiant: H1121 H2428 for your master H113 Saul H7586 is dead, H4191 and also H1571 the house H1004 of Judah H3063 have anointed H4886 me king H4428 over H5921 them.
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