But when everyone in 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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The people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul.

But 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,

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

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

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

About a month later, King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the Israelite town of Jabesh gilead. But all the citizens of Jabesh asked for peace.“ Make a treaty with us, and we will be your servants,” they pleaded.“ All right,” Nahash said,“ but only on one condition. I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you as a disgrace to all Israel!”“ Give us seven days to send messengers throughout Israel!” replied the elders of Jabesh.“ If no one comes to save us, we will agree to your terms.”When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the people about their plight, everyone broke into tears.Saul had been plowing a field with his oxen, and when he returned to town, he asked,“ What’s the matter? Why is everyone crying?” So they told him about the message from Jabesh.Then the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and he became very angry.He took two oxen and cut them into pieces and sent the messengers to carry them throughout Israel with this message:“ This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who refuses to follow Saul and Samuel into battle!” And the Lord made the people afraid of Saul’s anger, and all of them came out together as one.When Saul mobilized them at Bezek, he found that there were 300,000 men from Israel and 30,000 men from Judah.So Saul sent the messengers back to Jabesh gilead to say,“ We will rescue you by noontime tomorrow!” There was great joy throughout the town when that message arrived!The men of Jabesh then told their enemies,“ Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you can do to us whatever you wish.”But before dawn the next morning, Saul arrived, having divided his army into three detachments. He launched a surprise attack against the Ammonites and slaughtered them the whole morning. The remnant of their army was so badly scattered that no two of them were left together.

But when the people of Jabesh gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,all their mighty warriors traveled through the night to Beth shan and took the bodies of Saul and his sons down from the wall. They brought them to Jabesh, where they burned the bodies.Then they took their bones and buried them beneath the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.

Then the men of Judah came to David and anointed him king over the people of Judah. When David heard that the men of Jabesh gilead had buried Saul,he sent them this message:“ May the Lord bless you for being so loyal to your master Saul and giving him a decent burial.May the Lord be loyal to you in return and reward you with his unfailing love! And I, too, will reward you for what you have done.Now that Saul is dead, I ask you to be my strong and loyal subjects like the people of Judah, who have anointed me as their new king.”