1 Samuel 11:9-11

11:9 They said to the messengers who had come, “Here’s what you should say to the men of Jabesh Gilead: ‘Tomorrow deliverance will come to you when the sun is fully up.’” When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh Gilead, they were happy. 11:10 The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you ¹  and you can do with us whatever you wish.” ² 

11:11 The next day Saul placed the people in three groups. They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them ³  down until the hottest part of the day. The survivors scattered; no two of them remained together.

[11:10]  ¹ tn The second masculine plural forms in this quotation indicate that Nahash and his army are addressed.

[11:10]  ² tn Heb “according to all that is good in your eyes.”

[11:11]  ³ tn Heb “Ammon.” By metonymy the name “Ammon” is used collectively for the soldiers in the Ammonite army.