1 Samuel 11:3

New International Version

The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel; if no one comes to rescue us, we will surrender to you.”

Cross References

Isaiah 36:16

“Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree and drink water from your own cistern,

1 Samuel 11:10

They said to the Ammonites, “Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us whatever you like.”

1 Samuel 8:4

So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.