Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us all that seems good to you.”
The king of Israel answered, “My lord, O king, just as you have said, I and all that I own are yours.”
They said to the messengers that came, “Thus will you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will have help.’ ” And the messengers came and reported it to the men of Jabesh and they were glad.