1 Samuel 11:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹ They told the messengers who had come, “You are to say this to the men of Jabesh-gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will be delivered.’” The messengers went and reported to the men of Jabesh, and they rejoiced.

¹⁰ The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you and surrender.^[a] Then you can do whatever you want to us.”

¹¹ The next day Saul separated the people into three companies. They came into the camp during the morning watch, and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered so that no two of them remained together.