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1 Samuel 11:1-11
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About a month later King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the town of Jabesh in the territory of Gilead and besieged it. The men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us, and we will accept you as our ruler."
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Nahash answered, "I will make a treaty with you on one condition: I will put out everyone's right eye and so bring disgrace on all Israel."
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The leaders of Jabesh said, "Give us seven days to send messengers throughout the land of Israel. If no one will help us, then we will surrender to you."
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The messengers arrived at Gibeah, where Saul lived, and when they told the news, the people started crying in despair.
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Saul was just then coming in from the field with his oxen, and he asked, "What's wrong? Why is everyone crying?" They told him what the messengers from Jabesh had reported.
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When Saul heard this, the spirit of God took control of him, and he became furious.
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He took two oxen, cut them in pieces, and had messengers carry the pieces throughout the land of Israel with this warning: "Whoever does not follow Saul and Samuel into battle will have this done to his oxen!" The people of Israel were afraid of what the LORD might do, and all of them, without exception, came out together.
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Saul gathered them at Bezek: there were 300,000 from Israel and 30,000 from Judah.
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They said to the messengers from Jabesh, "Tell your people that before noon tomorrow they will be rescued." When the people of Jabesh received the message, they were overjoyed
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and said to Nahash, "Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do with us whatever you wish."
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That night Saul divided his men into three groups, and at dawn the next day they rushed into the enemy camp and attacked the Ammonites. By noon they had slaughtered them. The survivors scattered, each man running off by himself.
1 Samuel 31:11-13
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When the people of Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
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the bravest men started out and marched all night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall, brought them back to Jabesh, and burned them there.
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Then they took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in town, and fasted for seven days.
2 Samuel 2:4-7
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Then the men of Judah came to Hebron and anointed David as king of Judah. When David heard that the people of Jabesh in Gilead had buried Saul,
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he sent some men there with the message: "May the LORD bless you for showing your loyalty to your king by burying him.
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And now may the LORD be kind and faithful to you. I too will treat you well because of what you have done.
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Be strong and brave! Saul your king is dead, and the people of Judah have anointed me as their king."