1 Then about a month after this, Nahash the Ammonite came up and put his forces in position for attacking Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make an agreement with us and we will be your servants.2 And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, I will make an agreement with you on this condition, that all your right eyes are put out; so that I may make it a cause of shame to all Israel.3 Then the responsible men of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days, so that we may send men to every part of Israel: and then, if no one comes to our help, we will come out to you.4 So they sent representatives to Saul's town Gibeah, and these gave the news to the people: and all the people gave themselves to weeping.5 Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.6 And at their words, the spirit of God came on Saul with power, and he became very angry.7 And he took two oxen and, cutting them up, sent them through all the land of Israel by the hand of runners, saying, If any man does not come out after Saul and Samuel, this will be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord came on the people and they came out like one man.8 And he had them numbered in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.9 Then he said to the representatives who had come, Say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is high, you will be made safe. And the representatives came and gave the news to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.10 So the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.11 Now on the day after, Saul put the people into three bands, and in the morning watch they came to the tents of the Ammonites, and they went on attacking them till the heat of the day: and those who were not put to death were put to flight in every direction, so that no two of them were together.12 And the people said to Samuel, Who was it who said, Is Saul to be our king? give the men up, so that we may put them to death.13 And Saul said, Not a man is to be put to death today: for today the Lord has made Israel safe.14 Then Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there make the kingdom strong in the hands of Saul.15 So all the people went to Gilgal; and there in Gilgal they made Saul king before the Lord; and peace-offerings were offered before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were glad with great joy.

1 Et factum est quasi post mensem, ascendit Naas Ammonites, et pugnare cpit adversum Jabes Galaad. Dixeruntque omnes viri Jabes ad Naas : Habeto nos fderatos, et serviemus tibi. 2 Et respondit ad eos Naas Ammonites : In hoc feriam vobiscum fdus, ut eruam omnium vestrum oculos dextros, ponamque vos opprobrium in universo Isral. 3 Et dixerunt ad eum seniores Jabes : Concede nobis septem dies, ut mittamus nuntios ad universos terminos Isral, et si non fuerit qui defendat nos, egrediemur ad te. 4 Venerunt ergo nuntii in Gabaa Saulis : et locuti sunt verba hc, audiente populo : et levavit omnis populus vocem suam, et flevit.5 Et ecce Saul veniebat, sequens boves de agro, et ait : Quid habet populus quod plorat ? Et narraverunt ei verba virorum Jabes. 6 Et insilivit spiritus Domini in Saul cum audisset verba hc, et iratus est furor ejus nimis. 7 Et assumens utrumque bovem, concidit in frustra, misitque in omnes terminos Isral per manum nuntiorum, dicens : Quicumque non exierit, et secutus fuerit Saul et Samuel, sic fiet bobus ejus. Invasit ergo timor Domini populum, et egressi sunt quasi vir unus. 8 Et recensuit eos in Bezech : fueruntque filiorum Isral trecenta millia, virorum autem Juda triginta millia. 9 Et dixerunt nuntiis qui venerant : Sic dicetis viris qui sunt in Jabes Galaad : Cras erit vobis salus, cum incaluerit sol. Venerunt ergo nuntii, et annuntiaverunt viris Jabes : qui ltati sunt. 10 Et dixerunt : Mane exibimus ad vos : et facietis nobis omne quod placuerit vobis.11 Et factum est, cum dies crastinus venisset, constituit Saul populum in tres partes : et ingressus est media castra in vigilia matutina, et percussit Ammon usque dum incalesceret dies : reliqui autem dispersi sunt, ita ut non relinquerentur in eis duo pariter. 12 Et ait populus ad Samuelem : Quis est iste qui dixit : Saul num regnabit super nos ? Date viros, et interficiemus eos. 13 Et ait Saul : Non occidetur quisquam in die hac, quia hodie fecit Dominus salutem in Isral. 14 Dixit autem Samuel ad populum : Venite, et eamus in Galgala, et innovemus ibi regnum. 15 Et perrexit omnis populus in Galgala, et fecerunt ibi regem Saul coram Domino in Galgala, et immolaverunt ibi victimas pacificas coram Domino. Et ltatus est ibi Saul, et cuncti viri Isral nimis.