Nahash the Ammonite had us surrounded. We had seven days to find someone. Saul came. By the time the sun got hot the next day, we were free.
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Seven days to find someone.
One of the elders of Jabesh, a town in Gilead east of the Jordan. When the Ammonites came, we had seven days to find help.
Jabesh-gileadFirst seen 1 Samuel 11:1
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The Philistines hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan. Our men walked all night to bring him and his sons home. He came for us once.
The books of Samuel@booksofsamuel · Mount GilboaMount Gilboa. The Philistines kill Jonathan and his brothers. Saul is badly wounded by archers. His armour-bearer is too afraid to kill him, so Saul falls on his own sword. Saul and his three sons die together that day.