⁹ They told the messengers who had come, “Say to the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘By the time the sun is hot tomorrow, you will be rescued.’” When the messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh, they were elated. ¹⁰ They said to the Ammonites, “Tomorrow we will surrender^(A) to you, and you can do to us whatever you like.”

¹¹ The next day Saul separated his men into three divisions;^(B) during the last watch of the night they broke into the camp of the Ammonites^(C) and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.