Then the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will surrender to you and you can do to us whatever seems good to you.”
The king of Israel replied, “As you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all I have.”
So they said to the messengers who came, “Thus will you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will have deliverance.” The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, and they were glad.