1 Samuel 11:1-3

International Standard Version

Saul Defeats the Ammonites

11 So after a month,^[a] Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to^[b] Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh told Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”

² Nahash the Ammonite told them, “I’ll make a covenant with you on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel.”

³ The elders of Jabesh told him, “Leave us alone for seven days so that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then if no one delivers us, we will come out to you and surrender.”^[c]