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1 Samuel 11 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - Nahash the Ammonite marched against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh Gilead said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us and we will serve you."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2 - But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!"

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3 - The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Leave us alone for seven days so that we can send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If there is no one who can deliver us, we will come out voluntarily to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4 - When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:5 - Now Saul was walking behind the oxen as he came from the field. Saul asked, "What has happened to the people? Why are they weeping?" So they told him about the men of Jabesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:6 - The Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and he became very angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - He took a pair of oxen and cut them up. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, who said, "Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen!" Then the terror of the LORD fell on the people, and they went out as one army.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:8 - When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9 - They said to the messengers who had come, "Here's what you should say to the men of Jabesh Gilead: 'Tomorrow deliverance will come to you when the sun is fully up.'" When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh Gilead, they were happy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:10 - The men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you and you can do with us whatever you wish."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - The next day Saul placed the people in three groups. They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them down until the hottest part of the day. The survivors scattered; no two of them remained together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:12 - Then the people said to Samuel, "Who were the ones asking, 'Will Saul reign over us?' Hand over those men so we may execute them!"

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:13 - But Saul said, "No one will be killed on this day. For today the LORD has given Israel a victory!"

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:14 - Samuel said to the people, "Come on! Let's go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:15 - So all the people went to Gilgal, where they established Saul as king in the LORD's presence. They offered up peace offerings there in the LORD's presence. Saul and all the Israelites were very happy.
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1 Samuel Chapter 11 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras