When all Jabesh-gilead heard of 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、

When all the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

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,

But when everyone in Jabesh gilead heard about everything 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,

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,

Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him,“ Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”Nahash the Ammonite replied,“ I’ll make one with you on this condition: that I gouge out everyone’s right eye and humiliate all Israel.”“ Don’t do anything to us for seven days,” the elders of Jabesh said to him,“ and let us send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If no one saves us, we will surrender to you.”When the messengers came to Gibeah, Saul’s hometown, and told the terms to the people, all wept aloud.Just then Saul was coming in from the field behind his oxen.“ What’s the matter with the people? Why are they weeping?” Saul inquired, and they repeated to him the words of the men from Jabesh.When Saul heard these words, the Spirit of God suddenly took control of him, and his anger burned furiously.He took a team of oxen, cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the land of Israel by messengers who said,“ This is what will be done to the ox of anyone who doesn’t march behind Saul and Samuel.” As a result, the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out united.Saul counted them at Bezek. There were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men from Judah.He told the messengers who had come,“ Tell this to the men of Jabesh-gilead:‘ Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” So the messengers told the men of Jabesh, and they rejoiced.Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash,“ Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do whatever you want to us.”The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions. During the morning watch, they invaded the Ammonite camp and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. There were survivors, but they were so scattered that no two of them were left together.

When the residents of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,all their brave men set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.Afterward, they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David:“ It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them,“ The Lord bless you, because you have shown this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.Now, may the Lord show kindness and faithfulness to you, and I will also show the same goodness to you because you have done this deed.Therefore, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”