I Samuel 11:2
The Scripture
(2) And Nahash the Ammonite 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 upon all Israel.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Nahash the Ammonite besieged Jabesh-gilead and demanded to gouge out the right eye of every inhabitant, but when word reached Saul the Spirit of God came upon him and he rallied Israel to rescue the city. Saul's army routed the Ammonites, and the people renewed his kingship at Gilgal with great rejoicing.
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