1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against
2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I
3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’
4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings
5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul
6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings,
7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent
8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were
9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say
10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out
11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three
12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul
13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day:
14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal,
15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king