1 Samuel 11:1
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1 Sam 11:1
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Now Nahash the Ammonite came up and besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us and we will serve you."
1 Sam 11:2
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But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "I will make {it} with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel."
1 Sam 11:3
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The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Let us alone for seven days, that we may send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to deliver us, we will come out to you."
1 Sam 11:4
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Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.
1 Sam 11:5
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Now behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen, and he said, "What is {the matter} with the people that they weep?" So they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh.
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