1 Samuel 11
1 and to ascend: rise Nahash [the] Ammon and to camp upon Jabesh (Jabesh)-gilead and to say all human Jabesh (Gilead) to(wards) Nahash to cut: make(covenant) to/for us covenant and to serve you
About a month later, King Nahash of Ammon [led his army across the Jordan River, and they] surrounded Jabesh [city] in [the] Gilead [region]. But all the men of Jabesh [went and] said to Nahash, “Make an agreement/treaty with us [not to kill us], and then we will let you rule us.”
2 and to say to(wards) them Nahash [the] Ammon in/on/with this to cut: make(covenant) to/for you in/on/with to dig to/for you all eye right and to set: put her reproach upon all Israel
Nahash replied, “I will do that if you do one thing. Allow us to gouge out all the right eyes of your people. By doing that we will cause the people [in other countries] to despise all you Israeli people.”
3 and to say to(wards) him old: elder Jabesh (Gilead) to slacken to/for us seven day and to send: depart messenger in/on/with all border: area Israel and if nothing to save [obj] us and to come out: come to(wards) you
The leaders of Jabesh replied, “Do not attack us for the next seven days. During that time, we will send messengers throughout Israel [to tell them what you are demanding]. If no one will help us, then we will (surrender to you/allow you to do to us whatever you want).”
4 and to come (in): come [the] messenger Gibeah Saul and to speak: speak [the] word: thing in/on/with ear: to ears [the] people and to lift: loud all [the] people [obj] voice their and to weep
[Being very confident that his army was very superior, Nahash agreed. So the leaders of Jabesh sent messengers throughout Israel]. When the messengers came to Gibeah, which was [the city] where Saul lived, and they told the people there about the situation, everyone started to cry.
5 and behold Saul to come (in): come after [the] cattle from [the] land: country and to say Saul what? to/for people for to weep and to recount to/for him [obj] word: deed human Jabesh (Gilead)
At that time, Saul was plowing in the field. When he returned home, he asked, “Why are all the people [crying]?” So they told him what the messengers from Jabesh had reported.
6 and to rush spirit God upon Saul (like/as to hear: hear he *Q(K)*) [obj] [the] word [the] these and to be incensed face: anger his much
Then God’s Spirit came powerfully upon Saul, and he became very angry [because of what Nahash wanted to do].
7 and to take: take pair cattle and to cut him and to send: depart in/on/with all border: area Israel in/on/with hand [the] messenger to/for to say which nothing he to come out: come after Saul and after Samuel thus to make: do to/for cattle his and to fall: fall dread LORD upon [the] people and to come out: come like/as man one
He took two of his oxen [and killed them] and cut them into pieces. Then he sent messengers [carrying those pieces] throughout Israel to tell people this message: “Saul says that [he cut this ox in pieces, and that he] will do the same thing to the oxen of anyone who refuses to come with him and Samuel to fight [the army from Ammon]!” Then Yahweh caused all the people of Israel to be afraid of what Saul might do to them (OR, of what Yahweh might do to them) [if they did not go and help Saul]. So the men all gathered together.
8 and to reckon: list them in/on/with Bezek and to be son: descendant/people Israel three hundred thousand and man Judah thirty thousand
When Saul gave them all weapons at Bezek, he saw that there were 300,000 Israeli men there, as well as 30,000 men from the tribe of Judah.
9 and to say to/for messenger [the] to come (in): come thus to say [emph?] to/for man Jabesh (Jabesh)-gilead tomorrow to be to/for you deliverance: salvation (like/as heat *Q(K)*) [the] sun and to come (in): come [the] messenger and to tell to/for human Jabesh (Gilead) and to rejoice
So Saul sent messengers back to the people at Jabesh to tell them, “We will rescue/save you by noontime tomorrow.” When the people of Jabesh heard that message, they were very joyful/happy.
10 and to say human Jabesh (Gilead) tomorrow to come out: come to(wards) you and to make: do to/for us like/as all [the] pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance your
Then the men of Jabesh told [Nahash], “Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and then you can do to us whatever you want to.”
11 and to be from morrow and to set: put Saul [obj] [the] people three head: group and to come (in): come in/on/with midst [the] camp in/on/with watch [the] morning and to smite [obj] Ammon till heat [the] day and to be [the] to remain and to scatter and not to remain in/on/with them two unitedness
But before the sun rose the next morning, Saul [and his army arrived. He] divided them into three groups. They rushed into the camp of the soldiers from Ammon, and attacked them. By noontime they had killed most of them, and those who were not killed scattered. Each of them who ran away ran away alone.
12 and to say [the] people to(wards) Samuel who? [the] to say Saul to reign upon us to give: give [the] human and to die them
Then the people [of Jabesh] said to Samuel, “Where are those men who said that they did not want Saul to be our king? Bring them here, and we will kill them!”
13 and to say Saul not to die man: anyone in/on/with day: today [the] this for [the] day: today to make: do LORD deliverance: salvation in/on/with Israel
But Saul replied, “[No], we are not going to execute anyone today, because this is the day that Yahweh has saved us Israeli people. [It is a day to rejoice, not to kill anyone].”
14 and to say Samuel to(wards) [the] people to go: come! and to go: went [the] Gilgal and to renew there [the] kingship
Then Samuel said to the people, “Let’s all go to Gilgal, and there we will again proclaim [that Saul is] our king.”
15 and to go: went all [the] people [the] Gilgal and to reign there [obj] Saul to/for face: before LORD in/on/with Gilgal and to sacrifice there sacrifice peace offering to/for face: before LORD and to rejoice there Saul and all human Israel till much
So they went to Gilgal. There, knowing that Yahweh was watching, they proclaimed that Saul was their king. Then they offered sacrifices to enable them to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. And Saul and all the other Israeli people were very happy.
