And the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you do to us according to all that is good in your eyes.
And the king of Israel answered and said, According to your word, my lord, O king, I am to you, and all that is to me.
And they said to the messengers who came, So you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead. Tomorrow there shall be deliverance for you, in the heat of the sun. And the messengers came and related this to the men of Jabesh; and they rejoiced.