1 Samuel 11:8-10

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⁸ When he mustered them at Bezek, those from Israel were three hundred thousand and those from Judah seventy^[a] thousand.^{(A) 9} They said to the messengers who had come, “Thus shall you say to the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead: Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.” When the messengers came and told the inhabitants of Jabesh, they rejoiced. ¹⁰ So the inhabitants of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will give ourselves up to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.”^(B)