Jabesh said unto # 09_1SA_11_01  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. ## 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. 
Jabesh said unto # 09_1SA_11_03  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. ## 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.