1 Samuel 11 | English Standard Version

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.” (Ge 26:28; Ex 23:32; Ex 34:12; Ex 34:15; De 7:2; Jud 21:8; 1Sa 12:12; 1Ki 20:34; Eze 17:13)

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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.” (Ge 34:14; Nu 16:14; 1Sa 17:26) 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. (Jud 2:4; Jud 21:2; 1Sa 10:26) 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. (1Sa 10:6; 1Sa 10:10) 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. (Jud 19:29; Jud 20:1; Jud 21:5; Jud 21:8; Jud 21:10)

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8 When he mustered them at Bezek, the people of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. (Jud 1:5; Jud 20:15; 2Sa 24:9) 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. (1Sa 11:13) 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.” (1Sa 11:3) 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. (Jud 7:16; 1Sa 31:11)

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.” (1Sa 10:27; Lu 19:27) 13 But Saul said, “Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the Lord has worked salvation in Israel.” (Ex 14:13; 1Sa 11:9; 1Sa 19:5; 2Sa 19:22)

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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. (Jud 11:11; 1Sa 10:8; 1Sa 10:17; 1Sa 15:33)

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الكتاب المقدس

شاول ينقذ مدينة يابيش

1 وَزَحَفَ نَاحَاشُ الْعَمُّونِيُّ عَلَى يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ وَحَاصَرَهَا، فَقَالَ أَهْلُ يَابِيشَ لِنَاحَاشَ: «وَقِّعْ مَعْنَا مُعَاهَدَةً فَنُصْبِحَ عَبِيداً لَكَ» 2 فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «حَسَناً، وَلَكِنْ بِشَرْطِ أَنْ أَقْلَعَ الْعَيْنَ الْيُمْنَى لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ، فَيُصْبِحَ ذَلِكَ عَاراً عَلَى كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ». 3 فَقَالَ لَهُ زُعَمَاءُ يَابِيشَ: «أَمْهِلْنَا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ، نَبْعَثُ فِيهَا رُسُلاً إِلَى جَمِيعِ أَرَاضِي إِسْرَائِيلَ طَالِبِينَ النَّجْدَةَ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يُغِثْنَا أَحَدٌ، نُذْعِنْ لِشَرْطِكَ». 4 وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ رُسُلُ يَابِيشَ إِلَى جِبْعَةِ شَاوُلَ، وَأَطْلَعُوا الشَّعْبَ عَلَى الأَمْرِ، عَلا بُكَاءُ الشَّعْبِ. 5 وَفِيمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ، أَقْبَلَ شَاوُلُ مِنَ الْحَقْلِ يَقُودُ أَمَامَهُ الْبَقَرَ، فَتَسَاءَلَ: «مَا بَالُ الشَّعْبِ يَبْكِي؟» فَرَوَوْا لَهُ خَبَرَ أَهْلِ يَابِيشَ، 6 فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ اللهِ عِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ الْخَبَرَ وَثَارَ غَضَبُهُ. 7 وَأَخَذَ ثَوْرَيْنِ قَطَّعَهُمَا إِلَى أَجْزَاءَ وَزَّعَهَا عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِيَدِ رُسُلٍ قَائِلاً: «هَكَذَا يَحْدُثُ لِبَقَرِ كُلِّ مَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنِ الْخُرُوجِ وَرَاءَ شَاوُلَ وَوَرَاءَ صَمُوئِيلَ». فَطَغَى رُعْبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَالْتَفُّوا حَوْلَ شَاوُلَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ. 8 وَأَحْصَاهُمْ شَاوُلُ فِي بَازَقَ فَبَلَغَ عَدَدُهُمْ ثَلاثَ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ، فَضْلاً عَنْ ثَلاثِينَ أَلْفاً مِنْ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا. 9 وَقَالُوا لِلرُّسُلِ الْوَافِدِينَ: «أَخْبِرُوا أَهْلَ يَابِيشَ أَنَّ غَداً، عِنْدَ اشْتِدَادِ حَرِّ الشَّمْسِ، يَتِمُّ خَلاصُكُمْ». وَعِنْدَمَا عَادَ الرُّسُلُ وَأَخْبَرُوا أَهْلَ يَابِيشَ عَمَّهُمُ الْفَرَحُ. 10 فَقَالَ أَهْلُ يَابِيشَ لِلْعَمُّونِيِّينَ: «غَداً نَخْرُجُ إِلَيْكُمْ مُسْتَسْلِمِينَ لِتَصْنَعُوا بِنَا مَا يَطِيبُ لَكُمْ». 11 وَفِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي قَسَمَ شَاوُلُ جَيْشَهُ إِلَى ثَلاثِ فِرَقٍ، وَهَجَمُوا عَلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ عِنْدَ الْفَجْرِ وَأَعْمَلُوا فِيهِمْ تَقْتِيلاً حَتَّى اشْتَدَّ حَرُّ النَّهَارِ. وَالَّذِينَ نَجَوْا مِنْهُمْ تَشَتَّتُوا حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمُ اثْنَانِ مَعاً.

تجديد عهد الملك

12 وَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ: «أَيْنَ هَؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ تَسَاءَلُوا: أَيَمْلِكُ شَاوُلُ عَلَيْنَا؟ سَلِّمُوهُمْ لَنَا فَنَقْتُلَهُمْ». 13 فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «لا يُقْتَلُ أَحَدٌ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ صَنَعَ الْيَوْمَ خَلاصاً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ». 14 وَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «هَيَّا نَذْهَبْ إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ لِنُجَدِّدَ هُنَاكَ عَهْدَ الْمَلِكِ». 15 فَتَوَجَّهَ الشَّعْبُ إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ، وَمَلَّكُوا هُنَاكَ شَاوُلَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَقَرَّبُوا ذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ. وَغَمَرَتِ الْفَرْحَةُ شَاوُلَ وَسَائِرَ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.