1 Samuel 11:9

New International Version

They told the messengers who had come, “Say to the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘By the time the sun is hot tomorrow, you will be rescued.’ ” When the messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh, they were elated.

Cross References

Psalm 18:17

He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.

Judges 21:8

Then they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” They discovered that no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.

1 Samuel 11:8

When Saul mustered them at Bezek, the men of Israel numbered three hundred thousand and those of Judah thirty thousand.

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 31:11

When the people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

2 Samuel 2:5

he sent messengers to them to say to them, “The Lord bless you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him.

1 Chronicles 10:12

all their valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.