Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
Nahash the Ammonite cometh
up, and encampeth
against Jabesh-Gilead,
and all the men of Jabesh say
unto Nahash, `
Make with
us
a covenant, and we serve thee. '
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.
And Nahash the Ammonite saith
unto
them, `For
this I covenant with you, by
picking
out to
you
every
right eye
--
and I
have
put
it a reproach on
all Israel. '
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.
And the elders of Jabesh say
to
him, `Let
us alone
seven days, and
we send messengers into
all the border
of Israel: and if there is
none
saving
us --
then
we have
come out unto
thee. '
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.
And
the messengers come
to Gibeah of Saul, and speak
the words
in the ears of the people ,
and all the people lift
up their voice
and weep;
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.
and lo
, Saul hath
come
after the herd out of the field ,
and Saul saith
, `
What --
to
the people ,
that they weep? '
and they recount
to
him the words
of the men of Jabesh.
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.
And the Spirit of God doth
prosper
over
Saul ,
in
his
hearing
these
words
, and his anger burneth
greatly ,
And the Spirit of God came
upon
Saul when
he
heard
those
tidings
, and his anger was
kindled
greatly .
and he taketh
a couple
of oxen, and cutteth
them in pieces, and sendeth
through
all the border
of Israel ,
by the hand
of the
messengers, saying, `He
who
is
not coming
out
after Saul and after Samuel --
thus
it is
done to
his oxen ;'
and the fear of Jehovah
falleth
on the people, and they come
out as
one man
.
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
.
And he inspecteth
them in Bezek, and
the sons
of Israel are
three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
And when
he numbered
them in Bezek, the children
of Israel were
three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
And they say
to
the messengers who
are
coming
, `
Thus do
ye say to
the men of Jabesh-Gilead:
To -
morrow ye
have
safety
--
by the
heat
of
the sun ;'
and the messengers come
and declare
to the men of Jabesh ,
and they rejoice;
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 showed
it
to the men of Jabesh ;
and they were
glad.
and
the men of Jabesh say
`to
the
Ammonites'
, `
To -
morrow we come out unto you, and ye have
done
to
us according
to
all that `is'
good in
your
eyes
. '
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
.
And it cometh
to
pass,
on the morrow, that Saul putteth
the people in three detachments,
and they come
into the midst of the camp
in the morning -
watch, and smite
Ammon
till
the heat of the day ;
and it cometh
to pass that those
left
are
scattered, and
there
have
not
been
left
of them two
together.
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.
And the people say
unto Samuel, `
Who is he that saith
, Saul doth
reign over us !
give
ye
up
the men, and
we put them to death. '
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.
And Saul saith
, `
There is
no
man put to death on
this day ,
for to -
day hath Jehovah
wrought salvation in Israel. '
And Saul said
, There shall
not
a
man be
put to death this day :
for to day the
LORD
hath wrought salvation in Israel.
And
Samuel saith
unto
the people, `
Come and we
go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there ;'
Then
said
Samuel to
the people, Come ,
and let
us
go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there .
and all the people go
to Gilgal ,
and cause
Saul
to
reign
there before Jehovah
in Gilgal ,
and sacrifice
there sacrifices of peace -
offerings before Jehovah,
and there Saul rejoiceth
--
and all the men of Israel --
very
greatly.
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.
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