When all the residents of Jabesh Gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

基列雅比人听见非利士人向扫罗所行的一切事，

基列的雅比居民听见非利士人向扫罗所行的一切事，

基列的雅比居民听见非利士人向扫罗所行的一切事，

基列·雅比人听见非利士人对扫罗的所作所为，

基列．雅比人听见非利士人向扫罗所行的事，

基列‧雅比人聽見非利士人向掃羅所行的一切事，

基列的雅比居民聽見非利士人向掃羅所行的一切事，

基列的雅比居民聽見非利士人向掃羅所行的一切事，

基列·雅比人聽見非利士人對掃羅的所作所為，

基列．雅比人聽見非利士人向掃羅所行的事，

基列雅比的眾人聽見非利士人向掃羅所行的一切事，

基列雅比人聞非利士人待掃羅之事、

基列之雅疋民、聞非利士人待掃羅若此、

基列之雅比人、聞非利士人所行於掃羅之事、

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And when all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

And when all Jabesh- gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

When all Jabesh-gilead heard of everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

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.”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!”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.”When the messengers went to Gibeah( where Saul lived) and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly.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.The Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and he became very angry.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.When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000.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.The men of Jabesh said,“ Tomorrow we will come out to you and you can do with us whatever you wish.”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.

When the residents of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,all their warriors set out and traveled throughout the night. They took Saul’s corpse and the corpses of his sons from the city wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them.They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days.

The men of Judah came and there they anointed David as king over the people of Judah. David was told,“ The people of Jabesh Gilead are the ones who buried Saul.”So David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh Gilead and told them,“ May you be blessed by the LORD because you have shown this kindness to your lord Saul by burying him.Now may the LORD show you true kindness! I also will reward you, because you have done this deed.Now be courageous and prove to be valiant warriors, for your lord Saul is dead. The people of Judah have anointed me as king over them.”