1.Samuel 11 | English Standard Version

Saul Defeats the Ammonites

1 Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus bring disgrace on all Israel.”

3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days’ respite that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will give ourselves up to you.”

4 When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the ears of the people, and all the people wept aloud.

5 Now, behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen. And Saul said, “What is wrong with the people, that they are weeping?” So they told him the news of the men of Jabesh.

6 And the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled.

7 He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!” Then the dread of the Lord fell upon the people, and they came out as one man.

8 When he mustered them at Bezek, the people of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

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 salvation.’” When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad.

10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will give ourselves up to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.”

11 And the next day Saul put the people 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, “Who is it that said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring the men, that we may put them to death.”

13 But Saul said, “Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the Lord has worked 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 Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

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Bible Kralická

1 Tedy přitáhl Náhas Ammonitský, a položil se proti Jábes v Gálad. I řekli všickni muži Jábes k Náhasovi: Učiň s námi smlouvu, a budemeť sloužiti.

2 Jimž odpověděl Náhas Ammonitský: Na ten způsob učiním s vámi smlouvu, jestliže každému z vás vyloupím oko pravé, a uvedu to pohanění na všecken Izrael.

3 I řekli jemu starší Jábes: Propůjč nám sedm dní, ať rozešleme posly po všech končinách Izraelských, a nebude-li žádného, kdo by nás vysvobodil, tedy vyjdeme k tobě.

4 Když pak přišli ti poslové do Gabaa Saulova, a mluvili ta slova v uši lidu, pozdvihli všickni hlasu svého a plakali.

5 A aj, Saul šel za voly s pole. I řekl Saul: Co je lidu, že pláče? I vypravovali jemu slova mužů Jábes.

6 Tedy sstoupil Duch Boží na Saule, když uslyšel slova ta, a rozhněvala se prchlivost jeho náramně.

7 A vzav pár volů, rozsekal je na kusy, a rozeslal po všech krajinách Izraelských po týchž poslích, řka: Kdo by koli nešel za Saulem a za Samuelem, tak se stane s voly jeho. I připadl strach Hospodinův na lid, a vyšli jako muž jeden.

8 I sečtl je v Bezeku; a bylo synů Izraelských třikrát sto tisíc, a mužů Juda třidceti tisíců.

9 I řekli těm poslům, kteříž byli přišli: Takto povíte mužům Jábes v Galád: Zítra budete vysvobozeni, když slunce obejde. I přišli poslové, a oznámili mužům Jábes, kteřížto zradovali se.

10 Tedy řekli muži Jábes Ammonitským: Ráno vyjdeme k vám, abyste nám učinili, cožkoli se vám za dobré viděti bude.

11 Nazejtří pak rozdělil Saul lid na tři houfy; i vskočili do prostřed vojska v čas jitřního bdění, a bili Ammonitské, až slunce dobře vzešlo; kteříž pak byli pozůstali, rozprchli se, tak že nezůstalo z nich ani dvou pospolu.

12 I řekl lid Samuelovi: Kdo jest ten, jenž pravil: Zdali Saul kralovati bude nad námi? Vydejte ty muže, ať je zbijeme.

13 Ale Saul řekl: Nebudeť dnes žádný zabit, poněvadž dnes učinil Hospodin vysvobození v Izraeli.

14 I řekl Samuel lidu: Přiďte, a poďme do Galgala, obnovíme tam království.

15 Šel tedy všecken lid do Galgala, a ustanovili tam Saule za krále před Hospodinem v Galgala, a obětovali také tam oběti pokojné před Hospodinem. I veselil se tam Saul a všickni muži Izraelští velmi velice.

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