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I Samuel
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I Samuel

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In chapter 11 Absalom, David’s son, rebels against his father and gathers the people to support him, leading to a battle that ends with Absalom’s death and the scattering of the rebels. The chapter shows the consequences of disobedience and the restoration of David’s rule. It also reflects the tension between personal ambition and the loyalty of the people.

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(1) Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
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I Samuel 12:12Judges 10:7Judges 11:8Judges 11:9Judges 11:10Judges 11:11Judges 11:12Judges 11:13Judges 11:14Judges 11:15Judges 11:16Judges 11:17

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I Samuel 11:2Leviticus 26:42II Kings 23:3Joshua 24:15Judges 9:28

(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.
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II Kings 18:31Judges 16:21Exodus 3:6Proverbs 12:10Jeremiah 39:7I Samuel 17:26Genesis 34:14

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I Samuel 11:1Leviticus 26:42II Kings 23:3

(3) And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
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Psalms 57:3I Kings 20:9I Samuel 11:9

(4) Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
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I Samuel 10:26I Samuel 14:2I Samuel 15:34II Samuel 21:6I Samuel 30:4Judges 2:4Judges 21:2Romans 12:15I Corinthians 12:26Galatians 6:2Hebrews 13:3

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Judges 21:2II Samuel 3:32II Samuel 13:36Job 2:12II Samuel 18:20

(5) And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
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I Samuel 9:1I Kings 19:19Psalms 78:71Genesis 21:17Judges 18:23Isaiah 22:1

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Genesis 23:17Exodus 9:25Exodus 22:5II Samuel 18:20

(6) And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
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I Samuel 10:10I Samuel 16:13Judges 3:10Judges 6:34Judges 11:29Judges 13:25Judges 14:6Exodus 32:19Numbers 12:3Mark 3:5Ephesians 4:26

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II Chronicles 25:10Numbers 11:10II Samuel 12:5Isaiah 5:25II Samuel 18:20

(7) And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
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Judges 19:29Judges 21:5Judges 21:6Judges 21:7Judges 21:8Judges 21:9Judges 21:10Judges 21:11Genesis 35:5II Chronicles 14:14II Chronicles 17:10Judges 20:1

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Jeremiah 51:23I Kings 19:21II Samuel 24:22I Kings 4:23I Kings 7:29I Chronicles 12:40

(8) And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
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Judges 1:4Judges 1:5I Samuel 13:15I Samuel 15:4II Samuel 24:9II Chronicles 17:12II Chronicles 17:13II Chronicles 17:14II Chronicles 17:15II Chronicles 17:16II Chronicles 17:17II Chronicles 17:18

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Judges 10:4Judges 12:9I Kings 20:15I Chronicles 23:3

(9) And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
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Psalms 18:17

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II Samuel 2:5Judges 6:35I Samuel 19:20I Samuel 19:21I Kings 20:9I Chronicles 19:2

(10) Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
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I Samuel 11:2I Samuel 11:3

(11) And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites 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.
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Genesis 22:14Psalms 46:1Judges 7:16Judges 9:43Exodus 14:24I Samuel 11:2Judges 1:7Matthew 7:2James 2:13I Samuel 30:17I Samuel 30:18Judges 4:16

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Exodus 14:24Psalms 130:6I Samuel 19:11II Kings 10:9I Kings 2:32

(12) And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
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I Samuel 10:27Psalms 21:8Luke 19:27

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I Samuel 3:10

(13) And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
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I Samuel 14:45II Samuel 19:22I Samuel 19:5Exodus 14:13Exodus 14:30Psalms 44:4Psalms 44:5Psalms 44:6Psalms 44:7Psalms 44:8Isaiah 59:16I Corinthians 15:10

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I Samuel 14:45

(14) Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
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I Samuel 7:16I Samuel 10:8I Samuel 10:24I Samuel 5:3I Chronicles 12:38I Chronicles 12:39

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I Samuel 13:8I Samuel 15:12I Samuel 15:33I Samuel 3:10

(15) And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
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I Samuel 10:17I Samuel 10:8Exodus 24:5I Chronicles 29:21I Chronicles 29:22I Chronicles 29:23I Chronicles 29:24I Samuel 8:19I Samuel 12:13I Samuel 12:14I Samuel 12:15I Samuel 12:17

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I Kings 8:64Numbers 29:39I Samuel 10:8I Chronicles 29:21II Chronicles 29:31Deuteronomy 12:6

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