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

11 ¶ And when the morrow was come, Saul put the people in three bands, and they came in upon the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and they that remained, were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

12 Then the people said unto Samuel, [b]Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring those men that we may slay them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 11:10 That is, to the Ammonites, dissembling that they had hope of aid.
  2. 1 Samuel 11:12 By this victory the Lord won the hearts of the people to Saul.

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