1 Samuel · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
1 Samuel 11 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Καὶ ἐγενήθη ὡς μετὰ μῆνα, καὶ ἀνέβη Νάας ὁ Ἀμμανίτης, καὶ παρεμβάλλει ἐπὶ Ἰαβὶς Γαλαάδ· καὶ εἶπαν πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες Ἰαβὶς πρὸς Νάας τὸν Ἀμμανίτην, διάθου ἡμῖν διαθήκην, καὶ δουλεύσομέν σοι.
1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh Gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”
2 Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς Νάας ὁ ʼΑμμανίτης, ἐν ταύτῃ διαθήσομαι διαθήκην ὑμῖν, ἐν τῷ ἐξορύξαι ὑμῶν πάντα ὀφθαλμὸν δεξιόν, καὶ θήσομαι ὄνειδος ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ.
2 Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be gouged out. I will make this dishonor all Israel.”
3 Καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄνδρες Ἰαβίς, ἄνες ἡμῖν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας καὶ ἀποστελοῦμεν ἀγγέλους εἰς πᾶν ὅριον Ἰσραήλ· ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ ὁ σώζων ἡμᾶς, ἐξελευσόμεθα πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”
4 Καὶ ἔρχονται οἱ ἄγγελοι εἰς Γαβαὰ πρὸς Σαούλ, καὶ λαλοῦσι τοὺς λόγους εἰς τὰ ὦτα τοῦ λαοῦ· καὶ ᾖραν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔκλαυσαν.
4 Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people, then all the people lifted up their voice and wept.
5 Καὶ ἰδοὺ Σαοὺλ ἤρχετο μετὰ τοπρωῒ ἐξ ἀγροῦ· καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ, Τί ὅτι κλαίει ὁ λαός; καὶ διηγοῦνται αὐτῷ τὰ ῥήματα τῶν ἀνδρῶν Ἰαβίς.
5 Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, “What ails the people that they weep?” They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
6 Καὶ ἐφήλατο πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ ὡς ἤκουσε τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα, καὶ ἐθυμώθη ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ σφόδρα.
6 God’s Spirit came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger burned hot.
7 Καὶ ἔλαβε δύο βόας, καὶ ἐμέλισεν αὐτὰς, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν εἰς πᾶν ὅριον Ἰσραὴλ ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλων, λέγων, ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκπορευόμενος ὀπίσω Σαοὺλ καὶ ὀπίσω Σαμουὴλ, κατὰ τάδε ποιήσουσι τοῖς βουσὶν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐπῆλθεν ἔκστασις Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐβόησαν ὡς ἀνὴρ εἷς.
7 He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, then sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever doesn’t come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
8 Καὶ ἐπισκέπτεται αὐτοὺς ἐν βεζὲκ ἐν Βαμᾷ πάντα ἄνδρα Ἰσραὴλ ἑξακοσίας χιλιάδας, καὶ ἄνδρας Ἰούδα ἑβδομήκοντα χιλιάδας.
8 He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
9 Καὶ εἶπε τοῖς ἀγγέλοις τοῖς ἐρχομένοις, τάδε ἐρεῖτε τοῖς ἀνδράσιν Ἰαβὶς, αὔριον ὑμῖν ἡ σωτηρία διαθερμάναντος τοῦ ἡλίου· καὶ ἦλθον οἱ ἄγγελοι εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἀπαγγέλλουσι τοῖς ἀνδράσιν Ἰαβίς, καὶ εὐφράνθησαν.
9 They said to the messengers who came, “Tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will be rescued.’” The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
10 Καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄνδρες Ἰαβὶς πρὸς Νάας τὸν ʼΑμμανίτην, αὔριον ἐξελευσόμεθα πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ ποιήσετε ἡμῖν τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν.
10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.”
11 Καὶ ἐγενήθη μετὰ τὴν αὔριον, καὶ ἔθετο Σαοὺλ τὸν λαὸν εἰς τρεῖς ἀρχὰς, καὶ εἰσπορεύονται μέσον τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἐν φυλακῇ τῇ ἑωθινῇ, καὶ ἔτυπτον τοὺς υἱοὺς ʼΑμμὼν ἕως διεθερμάνθη ἡ ἡμέρα· καὶ ἐγενήθη καὶ ὑπολελειμμένοι διεσπάρησαν, καὶ οὐκ ὑπελείφθησαν ἐν αὐτοῖς δύο κατὰ τὸ αὐτό.
11 On the next day, Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the middle of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
12 Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ λαὸς πρὸς Σαμουὴλ τίς ὁ εἴπας ὅτι Σαοὺλ οὐ βασιλεύσει ἡμῶν; παράδος τοὺς ἄνδρας, καὶ θανατώσομεν αὐτούς.
12 The people said to Samuel, “Who is he who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring those men, that we may put them to death!”
13 Καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ, οὐκ ἀποθανεῖται οὐδεὶς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ, ὅτι σήμερον ἐποίησε Κύριος σωτηρίαν ἐν Ἰσραήλ.
13 Saul said, “No man shall be put to death today; for today Yahweh has rescued Israel.”
14 Καὶ εἶπε Σαμουὴλ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν, λέγων, πορευθῶμεν εἰς Γάλγαλα, καὶ ἐγκαινίσωμεν ἐκεῖ τὴν βασιλείαν.
14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come! Let’s go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”
15 Καὶ ἐπορεύθη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς εἰς Γάλγαλα, καὶ ἔχρισε Σαμουὴλ ἐκεῖ τὸν Σαοὺλ εἰς βασιλέα ἐνώπιον Κυρίου ἐν Γαλγάλοις· καὶ ἔθυσεν ἐκεῖ θυσίας καὶ εἰρηνικὰς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου· καὶ εὐφράνθη Σαμουὴλ καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ ὥστε λίαν.
15 All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal. There they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
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Nahash
King of the Ammonites who besieged Jabesh-gilead and demanded the right eye of every man there until Saul defeated him; his later kindness to David is recalled when David consoles…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 11:1; 1 Samuel 11:2; 1 Samuel 12:12
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Samuel 12:12; Ezekiel 17:13; 1 Kings 20:34; Judges 21:8; Genesis 26:28
- 2 1 Samuel 17:26; Genesis 34:14; Numbers 16:14; Exodus 3:6; 2 Kings 18:31
- 4 1 Samuel 10:26; Judges 2:4; Judges 21:2; 1 Samuel 30:4; 1 Samuel 15:34
- 5 1 Kings 19:19; 1 Samuel 9:1; Genesis 21:17; Isaiah 22:1; Judges 18:23
- 6 1 Samuel 10:10; Judges 6:34; Judges 3:10; 1 Samuel 16:13; Judges 13:25
- 7 Judges 19:29; Judges 20:1; 2 Chronicles 17:10; Judges 21:5–11; Genesis 35:5
- 8 Judges 1:4–5; 2 Samuel 24:9; 2 Chronicles 17:12–19; 1 Samuel 13:15; 1 Samuel 15:4
- 9 Psalm 18:17
- 10 1 Samuel 11:2–3
- 11 Judges 7:16; Genesis 22:14; James 2:13; Exodus 14:24; Judges 1:7
- 12 1 Samuel 10:27; Luke 19:27; Psalm 21:8
- 13 2 Samuel 19:22; Exodus 14:13; 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 14:45; Exodus 14:30
- 14 1 Samuel 10:8; 1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Chronicles 12:38–39; 1 Samuel 10:24–25; 1 Samuel 5:3
- 15 1 Samuel 10:8; 1 Samuel 10:17; 1 Chronicles 29:21–24; 1 Samuel 12:13–15; Hosea 13:10–11
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