⁸ When Saul counted the Israelites who were in Bezek, there were three hundred thousand of them, and thirty thousand from Judah. ⁹ They said to the messengers who had come to them, “Say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Tomorrow, before the sun warms up, you will have help.’ ” The messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh who were elated. ¹⁰ So the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us what you see fit.”