1 Samuel 11:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Saul and his officers sent the messengers back to Jabesh with this promise: “We will rescue you tomorrow afternoon.” The messengers went back to the people at Jabesh and told them that they were going to be rescued. Everyone was encouraged!

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:5

David sent messengers to tell them: The LORD bless you! You were kind enough to bury Saul your ruler,

1 Chronicles 10:12

some brave men went to get his body and the bodies of his three sons. The men brought the bodies back to Jabesh, where they buried them under an oak tree. Then for seven days, they went without eating to show their sorrow.

Psalm 18:17

You rescued me from enemies, who were hateful and too powerful for me.

Judges 21:8

Again the Israelites asked, “Did any of the tribes stay away from the meeting at Mizpah?” After asking around, they discovered that no one had come from Jabesh in Gilead.

1 Samuel 11:10

So they told the Ammonites, “We will surrender to you tomorrow, and then you can do whatever you want to.”

1 Samuel 11:8

at Bezek. Saul had them organized and counted. There were three hundred thousand from Israel and thirty thousand from Judah.

1 Samuel 31:11

The people who lived in Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul's body.