1 Samuel 11:9-11

New English Translation

⁹ They said to the messengers who had come, “Here’s what you should say to the men of Jabesh Gilead: ‘Tomorrow deliverance will come to you when the sun is fully up.’” When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh Gilead, they were happy. ¹⁰ The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you^[a] and you can do with us whatever you wish.”^[b]

¹¹ The next day Saul placed the people in three groups. They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them^[c] down until the hottest part of the day. The survivors scattered; no two of them remained together.