{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/1-samuel/11","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T17:35:24.233Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"1 Samuel","bookSlug":"1-samuel","chapter":11,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":10,"nextChapter":12,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, |Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.|"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Nahash the Ammonite said to them, |On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel.|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The elders of Jabesh said to him, |Give us seven day, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.|"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, |What ails the people that they weep?| They told him the words of the men of Jabesh."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, |Whoever doesn't come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.| The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They said to the messengers who came, |Thus you shall tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.'| The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore the men of Jabesh said, |Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"It was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The people said to Samuel, |Who is he who said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring those men, that we may put them to death!|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Saul said, |There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.|"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Then Samuel said to the people, |Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Samuel 11 (WEB)","markdown":"[1 Samuel 11](https://primebible.com/web/1-samuel/11)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/1-samuel/11 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}