1 Samuel 11:9-15

English Standard Version

⁹ And they said to the messengers who had come, “Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have ^(A)salvation.’” When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad. ¹⁰ Therefore the men of Jabesh said, ^(B)“Tomorrow we will give ourselves up to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.” ^11 (C)And the next day Saul put the people ^(D)in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

The Kingdom Is Renewed

¹² Then the people said to Samuel, ^(E)“Who is it that said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ ^(F)Bring the men, that we may put them to death.” ¹³ But Saul said, ^(G)“Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today ^(H)the Lord has worked ^(I)salvation in Israel.” ¹⁴ Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom.” ¹⁵ So all the people went to ^(J)Gilgal, and there they made Saul king ^(K)before the Lord in Gilgal. There ^(L)they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.