¹Then Nachash [serpent] the ‘Amoni [tribal] came up, and encamped against Yavesh-Gil’ad [Dry Hill of Testimony] : and all the men of Yavesh [dry] said unto Nachash [serpent] , Make a covenant with us, and we will serve youi .

²And Nachash [serpent] the ‘Amoni [tribal] answered them, On this [condition] will I make [a covenant] with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it [for] a reproach (disgrace; shame) upon all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

³And the elders of Yavesh [dry] said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] : and then, if [there be] no man to save us, we will come out to youi .

⁴Then came the messengers to Giv’ah [Hill] of Sha’ul [desired] , and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

⁵And, behold, Sha’ul [desired] came after the herd out of the field; and Sha’ul [desired] said, What [ails] the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Yavesh [dry] .

⁶And the Spirit of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] came upon Sha’ul [desired] when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

⁷And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent [them] throughout all the coasts of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever comes not forth after Sha’ul [desired] and after Sh’mu’el [His name is El] , so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

⁸And when he numbered them in Bezek [Lightning] , the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] were three hundred thousand, and the men of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] thirty thousand.

⁹And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall you2f say unto the men of Yavesh-Gil’ad [Dry Hill of Testimony] , Tomorrow, by [that time] the sun be hot, you2f shall have help. And the messengers came and showed [it] to the men of Yavesh [dry] ; and they were glad.

¹⁰Therefore the men of Yavesh [dry] said, Tomorrow we will come out unto you, and you2f shall do with us all that seems good unto you.

¹¹And it was [so] on the morrow, that Sha’ul [desired] put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and killed the ‘Amon [Inbred] until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

¹²And the people said unto Sh’mu’el [His name is El] , Who [is] he that said, Shall Sha’ul [desired] reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

¹³And Sha’ul [desired] said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for today the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has wrought salvation in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

¹⁴Then said Sh’mu’el [His name is El] to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal [A Wheel, Rolling] , and renew the kingdom there.

¹⁵And all the people went to Gilgal [A Wheel, Rolling] ; and there they made Sha’ul [desired] king before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) in Gilgal [A Wheel, Rolling] ; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) ; and there Sha’ul [desired] and all the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] rejoiced greatly.