Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do whatever you want to us.”
Then the king of Israel answered, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”
He told the messengers who had come, “Tell this to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’ ” So the messengers told the men of Jabesh, and they rejoiced.