1 Samuel 11:1-11
Then Nahash
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the Ammonite
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and all the men
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of Jabesh
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unto Nahash
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a covenant
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thee.<01285>
And Nahash
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the Ammonite
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them, On this
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all your right
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eyes
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it [for] a reproach
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upon all Israel
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And the elders
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of Jabesh
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unto him, Give us seven
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days
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messengers
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unto all the coasts
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of Israel
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to thee. {Give...: Heb. Forbear us}<03478>_:
the messengers
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to Gibeah
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of Saul
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the tidings
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in the ears
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of the people
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and all the people
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their voices
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And, behold, Saul
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after
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the herd
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out of the field
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and Saul
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What [aileth] the people
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him the tidings
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of the men
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of Jabesh
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And the Spirit
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of God
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upon Saul
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those tidings
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and his anger
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greatly
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a yoke
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of oxen
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[them] throughout all the coasts
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of Israel
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by the hands
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of messengers
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after
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Saul
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and after
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Samuel
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unto his oxen
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And the fear
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of the LORD
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on the people
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with one
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consent
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{with...: Heb. as one man}<0376>_.
them in Bezek
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the children
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of Israel
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were three
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hundred
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thousand
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and the men
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of Judah
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thirty
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thousand
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unto the messengers
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unto the men
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To morrow
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by [that time] the sun
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be hot
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ye shall have help
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And the messengers
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[it] to the men
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of Jabesh
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{help: or, deliverance}<03003>_;
Therefore the men
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of Jabesh
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<03003>
To morrow
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with us all that seemeth
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<05869>
good
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unto you.<02896>