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            <div class="label">11</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">And Nah&#803;ash the Ammonite came up and camped against Yab&#817;&#277;sh Gil&#8219;ad&#817;. And all the men of Yab&#817;&#277;sh said to Nah&#803;ash, &#8220;Make a covenant with us, and we shall serve you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then Nah&#803;ash the Ammonite answered them, &#8220;For this I make a covenant with you, that I dig out all your right eyes, and I shall bring reproach on all Yisra&#8217;&#277;l.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And the elders of Yab&#817;&#277;sh said to him, &#8220;Leave us alone for seven days, so that we send messengers to all the borders of Yisra&#8217;&#277;l. And then, if there is no one to save us, we shall come out to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And the messengers came to Gib&#817;&#8219;ah of Sha&#8217;ul and spoke the words in the hearing of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And look, Sha&#8217;ul was coming behind the herd from the field. And Sha&#8217;ul said, &#8220;Why are the people weeping?&#8221; And they related to him the words of the men of Yab&#817;&#277;sh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And the Spirit of Elohim came upon Sha&#8217;ul mightily as he heard these words, and his displeasure burned greatly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And he took a yoke of cattle and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the border of Yisra&#8217;&#277;l by the hands of messengers, saying, &#8220;Whoever does not go out with Sha&#8217;ul and Shemu&#8217;&#277;l to battle, let this be done to his cattle.&#8221; And the fear of &#1497;&#1492;&#1493;&#1492; fell on the people, and they came out as one man.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And he mustered them in Bezeq, and the children of Yisra&#8217;&#277;l were three hundred thousand, and the men of Yehud&#817;ah thirty thousand.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And they said to the messengers who came, &#8220;Say this to the men of Yab&#817;&#277;sh Gil&#8219;ad&#817;, &#8216;Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have help.&#8217; &#8221; Then the messengers came and informed the men of Yab&#817;&#277;sh, and they rejoiced.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So the men of Yab&#817;&#277;sh said, &#8220;Tomorrow we come out to you, and you shall do to us whatever seems good to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And it came to be, on the next day, that Sha&#8217;ul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck Ammon until the heat of the day. And it came to be that those left were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And the people said to Shemu&#8217;&#277;l, &#8220;Who said, &#8216;Shall Sha&#8217;ul reign over us?&#8217; Bring the men, so that we put them to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But Sha&#8217;ul said, &#8220;No man is put to death this day, for today &#1497;&#1492;&#1493;&#1492; has wrought deliverance in Yisra&#8217;&#277;l.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And Shemu&#8217;&#277;l said to the people, &#8220;Come, and let us go to Gilgal and renew the reign there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And all the people went to Gilgal, and there they set up Sha&#8217;ul to reign before &#1497;&#1492;&#1493;&#1492; in Gilgal, and there they slaughtered slaughterings of peace </span><span class="add"><span class="content">offerings</span></span><span class="content"> before &#1497;&#1492;&#1493;&#1492;. And there Sha&#8217;ul rejoiced, and all the men of Yisra&#8217;&#277;l, very greatly.</span></span></div>
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And Naḥash the Ammonite came up and camped against Yaḇĕsh Gil‛aḏ. And all the men of Yaḇĕsh said to Naḥash, “Make a covenant with us, and we shall serve you.”
Then Naḥash the Ammonite answered them, “For this I make a covenant with you, that I dig out all your right eyes, and I shall bring reproach on all Yisra’ĕl.”
And the elders of Yaḇĕsh said to him, “Leave us alone for seven days, so that we send messengers to all the borders of Yisra’ĕl. And then, if there is no one to save us, we shall come out to you.”
And the messengers came to Giḇ‛ah of Sha’ul and spoke the words in the hearing of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept.
And look, Sha’ul was coming behind the herd from the field. And Sha’ul said, “Why are the people weeping?” And they related to him the words of the men of Yaḇĕsh.
And the Spirit of Elohim came upon Sha’ul mightily as he heard these words, and his displeasure burned greatly.
And he took a yoke of cattle and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the border of Yisra’ĕl by the hands of messengers, saying, “Whoever does not go out with Sha’ul and Shemu’ĕl to battle, let this be done to his cattle.” And the fear of יהוה fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
And he mustered them in Bezeq, and the children of Yisra’ĕl were three hundred thousand, and the men of Yehuḏah thirty thousand.
And they said to the messengers who came, “Say this to the men of Yaḇĕsh Gil‛aḏ, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have help.’ ” Then the messengers came and informed the men of Yaḇĕsh, and they rejoiced.
So the men of Yaḇĕsh said, “Tomorrow we come out to you, and you shall do to us whatever seems good to you.”
And it came to be, on the next day, that Sha’ul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck Ammon until the heat of the day. And it came to be that those left were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
And the people said to Shemu’ĕl, “Who said, ‘Shall Sha’ul reign over us?’ Bring the men, so that we put them to death.”
But Sha’ul said, “No man is put to death this day, for today יהוה has wrought deliverance in Yisra’ĕl.”
And Shemu’ĕl said to the people, “Come, and let us go to Gilgal and renew the reign there.”
And all the people went to Gilgal, and there they set up Sha’ul to reign before יהוה in Gilgal, and there they slaughtered slaughterings of peace offerings before יהוה. And there Sha’ul rejoiced, and all the men of Yisra’ĕl, very greatly.

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