09:011:001 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against
           Jabeshgilead:  and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make
           a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

09:011:002 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will
           I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your
           right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

09:011:003 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’
           respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of
           Israel:  and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come
           out to thee.

09:011:004 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the
           tidings in the ears of the people:  and all the people lifted
           up their voices, and wept.

09:011:005 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and
           Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep?  And they
           told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

09:011:006 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those
           tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

09:011:007 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent
           them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of
           messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and
           after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen.  And the fear
           of the lord fell on the people, and they came out with one
           consent.

09:011:008 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel
           were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty
           thousand.

09:011:009 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say
           unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun
           be hot, ye shall have help.  And the messengers came and shewed
           it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

09:011:010 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out
           unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto
           you.

09:011:011 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three
           companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the
           morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the
           day:  and it came to pass, that they which remained were
           scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

09:011:012 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall
           Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to
           death.

09:011:013 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: 
           for to day the lord hath wrought salvation in Israel.