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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 Samuel 11 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > 1 Samuel 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/10.htm" title="1 Samuel 10">◄</a> 1 Samuel 11 <a href="../1_samuel/12.htm" title="1 Samuel 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/1_samuel/11.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Saul Defeats the Ammonites</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>So after a month,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:1 So LXX and DSS 4QSam; the Heb. lacks after a month">a</a></span> Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:1 Lit. camped against">b</a></span> Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh told Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Nahash the Ammonite told them, “I’ll make a covenant with you on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The elders of Jabesh told him, “Leave us alone for seven days so that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then if no one delivers us, we will come out to you and surrender.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:3 The Heb. lacks and surrender ">c</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported the terms to the people,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:4 Lit. in the ears of the people">d</a></span> all the people cried loudly.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:4 Lit. lifted their voices and wept">e</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Just then Saul was coming in from the field behind the oxen and he said, “What’s with the people? Why are they crying?” They reported to him what the men of Jabesh had said.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:5 Lit. the words of the men of Jabesh">f</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When Saul heard these words, the Spirit of God came on him, and he was very angry. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He took a yoke of oxen, cut them in pieces, and sent the pieces<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:7 Lit. sent">g</a></span> by messengers through all the territory of Israel: “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not come out and join<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:7 Lit. out after">h</a></span> Saul and Samuel!” The fear of the LORD fell on the people and they came out as one man.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Saul<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:8 Lit. He">i</a></span> mustered them at Bezek, and there were 300,000 Israelis and 30,000 men of Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They told the messengers who had come, “You are to say this to the men of Jabesh-gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will be delivered.’” The messengers went and reported to the men of Jabesh, and they rejoiced.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you and surrender.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:10 The Heb. lacks and surrender">j</a></span> Then you can do whatever you want to us.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The next day Saul separated the people into three companies. They came into the camp during the morning watch, and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered so that no two of them remained together.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The people told Samuel, “Who said, ‘Will Saul reign over us?’ Bring them to us<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:12 Lit. Give the men">k</a></span> and we will put them to death!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But Saul said, “Let no one be put to death this day, because today the LORD has delivered Israel.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Samuel told the people, “Come, let’s go to Gilgal and reaffirm the kingship there.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So all the people went to Gilgal and there they made Saul king in the LORD’s presence in Gilgal. There they sacrificed peace offerings in the LORD’s presence, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 11:1 So LXX and DSS 4QSam; the Heb. lacks <i>after a month</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 11:1 Lit. <i>camped against</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 11:3 The Heb. lacks <i>and surrender</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 11:4 Lit. <i>in the ears of the people</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 11:4 Lit. <i>lifted their voices and wept</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 11:5 Lit. <i>the words of the men of Jabesh</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 11:7 Lit. <i>sent</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 11:7 Lit. <i>out after</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 11:8 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 11:10 The Heb. lacks <i>and surrender</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 11:12 Lit. <i>Give the men</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/1_samuel/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>