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

Then [a]they said unto the messengers that came, So say unto the men of Jabesh Gilead, Tomorrow by then the Sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh, which were glad.

10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out unto [b]you, and ye shall do with us all that pleaseth you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 11:9 Meaning, Saul and Samuel.
  2. 1 Samuel 11:10 That is, to the Ammonites, dissembling that they had hope of aid.

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