扫罗击败亚扪人
亚扪人拿辖上来，对着基列的雅比安营。雅比众人对拿辖说：“你与我们立约，我们就服事你。”
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
2亚扪人拿辖对他们说：“你们若由我挖出你们各人的右眼，以此凌辱以色列众人，我就与你们立约。”And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
3雅比的长老对他说：“求你宽容我们七日，等我们派人到以色列的全境去。若没有人来救我们，我们就出来归顺你。”And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
4使者到了扫罗住的基比亚，把这事说给百姓听，众百姓就都放声大哭。Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
5看哪，扫罗正从田间赶牛回来，说：“百姓为什么哭呢？”众人把雅比人的话告诉他。And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
6扫罗听见这些话，就被神的灵催逼，大发怒气。And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
7他把一对牛切成小块，吩咐使者传送到以色列全境，说：“凡不出来跟随扫罗和撒母耳的，就必这样待他的牛。”耶和华使百姓惧怕，他们就都出来如同一人。And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
8扫罗在比色数点他们：以色列人有三十万，犹大人有三万。And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
9他们对那些来的使者说：“你们要对基列的雅比人这样说，明天太阳快到中午的时候，你们必得解救。”使者回去告诉雅比人，他们就欢喜了。And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
10于是雅比人对亚扪人说：“明日我们出来归顺你们，可以照你们看为好的待我们。”Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
11第二日，扫罗把百姓分为三队，在清晨换岗哨的时候入侵亚扪人的军营，击杀他们直到中午的时候。逃脱的人都分散了，甚至没有两个人同在一起。And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
12百姓对撒母耳说：“那说‘扫罗岂能作我们的王’的是谁呢？把他们交出来，我们好处死他们。”And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
13扫罗说：“今日耶和华在以色列中施行拯救，所以今日不可处死人。”And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
14撒母耳对百姓说：“来，我们到吉甲去，在那里开始新的王国。”Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
15众百姓到了吉甲那里，在耶和华面前拥立扫罗为王，又在耶和华面前献平安祭。扫罗和以色列众人在那里都非常欢喜。And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.