The people of Jabesh Gilead heard what 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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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,

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,

Nahash was the king of Ammon. He and his army went up to Jabesh Gilead. They surrounded it and got ready to attack it. All the men of Jabesh spoke to Nahash. They said,“ Make a peace treaty with us. Then we’ll be under your control.”Nahash, the king of Ammon, replied,“ I will make a peace treaty with you. But I’ll do it only on one condition. You must let me put out the right eye of every one of you. I want to bring shame on the whole nation of Israel.”The elders of Jabesh said to him,“ Give us seven days to report back to you. We’ll send messengers all through Israel. If no one comes to save us, we’ll hand ourselves over to you.”The messengers came to Gibeah of Saul. They reported to the people the terms Nahash had required. Then all the people wept out loud.Just then Saul was coming in from the fields. He was walking behind his oxen. He asked,“ What’s wrong with everyone? Why are they weeping?” He was told what the men of Jabesh had said.When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came powerfully on him. He became very angry.He got a pair of oxen and cut them into pieces. He sent the pieces by messengers all through Israel. They announced,“ You must follow Saul and Samuel. If you don’t, this is what will happen to your oxen.” The terror of the Lord fell on the people. So all of them came together with one purpose in mind.Saul brought his army together at Bezek. There were 300,000 men from Israel and 30,000 from Judah.The messengers who had come were told,“ Go back and report to the men of Jabesh Gilead. Tell them,‘ By the hottest time of the day tomorrow, you will be rescued.’ ” The messengers went and reported it to the men of Jabesh. It made those men very happy.They said to the people of Ammon,“ Tomorrow we’ll hand ourselves over to you. Then you can do to us whatever you like.”The next day Saul separated his men into three groups. While it was still dark, they broke into the camp of the Ammonite army. They kept killing the men of Ammon until the hottest time of the day. Those who got away were scattered. There weren’t two of them left together anywhere.

The people of Jabesh Gilead heard about what the Philistines had done to Saul.So all their brave men marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan. They brought them to Jabesh. There they burned them.Then they got the bones of Saul and his sons and buried them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh. They didn’t eat anything for seven days.

Then the men of Judah came to Hebron. There they anointed David to be king over the people of Judah. David was told that the men from Jabesh Gilead had buried Saul’s body.So he sent messengers to them to speak for him. The messengers said,“ You were kind to bury the body of your master Saul. May the Lord bless you for that.And may he now be kind and faithful to you. David will treat you well for being kind to Saul’s body.Now then, be strong and brave. Your master Saul is dead. And the people of Judah have anointed David to be king over them.”