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1 AND HE WENT UP NAHASH THE AMMONITE AND HE ENCAMPED ON JABESH GILEAD AND THEY SAID ALL [THE] MEN OF JABESH TO NAHASH MAKE TO <THE> US A COVENANT AND WE WILL SERVE YOU
Saul Defeats the Ammonites
1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
2 AND HE SAID TO THEM NAHASH THE AMMONITE BY THIS I WILL MAKE TO <THE> YOU BY GOUGING OUT OF YOU EVERY EYE OF [THE] RIGHT [SIDE] AND I WILL MAKE IT A REPROACH ON ALL ISRAEL
2 But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
3 AND THEY SAID TO HIM [THE] ELDERS OF JABESH REFRAIN TO <THE> US SEVEN DAYS SO LET US SEND MESSENGERS IN ALL [THE] TERRITORY OF ISRAEL AND IF THERE NOT [IS ONE WHO] DELIVERS <OBJ.> US AND WE WILL COME OUT TO YOU
3 “Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
4 AND THEY CAME THE MESSENGERS GIBEAH OF SAUL AND THEY SPOKE THE WORDS IN [THE] EARS OF THE PEOPLE AND THEY LIFTED UP ALL THE PEOPLE <OBJ.> VOICE THEIR AND THEY WEPT
4 When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
5 AND THERE! SAUL [WAS] COMING AFTER THE CATTLE FROM THE FIELD AND HE SAID SAUL WHAT? [IS] TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE WEEPING AND THEY RECOUNTED TO <THE> HIM <OBJ.> [THE] WORDS OF [THE] MEN OF JABESH
5 Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
6 AND IT RUSHED [THE] SPIRIT OF GOD ON SAUL JUST AS HEARD HE <OBJ.> THE WORDS <THE> THESE AND IT BURNED ANGER HIS EXCEEDINGLY
6 When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
7 AND HE TOOK A PAIR OF OX[EN] AND HE CUT IN PIECES IT AND HE SENT [THEM] IN ALL [THE] TERRITORY OF ISRAEL BY [THE] HAND OF THE MESSENGERS <TO> SAYING [THE ONE] WHO NOT HE [IS] COMING OUT AFTER SAUL AND AFTER SAMUEL THUS IT WILL BE DONE TO OX[EN] HIS AND IT FELL [THE] DREAD OF YAHWEH ON THE PEOPLE AND THEY CAME OUT LIKE A MAN ONE
7 He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.”
Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
8 AND HE MUSTERED THEM AT BEZEK AND THEY WERE [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL THREE HUNDRED<S> THOUSAND AND [THE] MAN OF JUDAH [WAS] THIRTY THOUSAND
8 And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000. Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
9 AND THEY SAID TO THE MESSENGERS WHO HAD COME THUS YOU WILL SAY ! TO [THE] MAN OF JABESH GILEAD TOMORROW IT WILL BELONG TO <THE> YOU DELIVERANCE LIKE [THE] HEAT OF THE SUN AND THEY WENT THE MESSENGERS AND THEY TOLD TO [THE] MEN OF JABESH AND THEY WERE GLAD
9 So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’”
And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
10 AND THEY SAID [THE] MEN OF JABESH TOMORROW WILL WE GO OUT TO YOU AND YOU WILL DO TO <THE> US ACCORDING TO ALL THE GOOD IN VIEW YOUR
10 Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”
11 AND IT WAS FROM [THE] NEXT DAY AND HE MADE SAUL <OBJ.> THE PEOPLE THREE COMPANIES AND THEY WENT IN [THE] MIDST OF THE CAMP IN [THE] WATCH OF THE MORNING AND THEY STRUCK DOWN <OBJ.> AMMON UNTIL [THE] HEAT OF THE DAY AND IT WAS THOSE [WHO] REMAINED AND THEY WERE SCATTERED AND NOT THEY REMAINED AMONG <THE> THEM TWO TOGETHER
11 The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
12 AND IT SAID THE PEOPLE TO SAMUEL WHO? [IS] THE [ONE WHO] SAID SAUL WILL HE REIGN? OVER US DELIVER UP THE MEN SO WE MAY PUT TO DEATH THEM
Saul Confirmed as King
12 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
13 AND HE SAID SAUL NOT HE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH ANYONE ON THE DAY <THE> THIS FOR THIS DAY HE HAS DONE YAHWEH DELIVERANCE IN ISRAEL
13 But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
14 AND HE SAID SAMUEL TO THE PEOPLE COME SO LET US GO <THE> GILGAL SO WE MAY RENEW THERE THE KINGSHIP
14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
15 AND THEY WENT ALL THE PEOPLE <THE> GILGAL AND THEY MADE KING THERE <OBJ.> SAUL <TO> BEFORE YAHWEH IN <THE> GILGAL AND THEY SACRIFICED THERE SACRIFICES PEACE OFFERINGS <TO> BEFORE YAHWEH AND HE REJOICED THERE SAUL AND ALL [THE] MEN OF ISRAEL UP TO MUCHNESS
15 So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
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