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City east of the Jordan that Saul rescued and that later honored him in death
When the Ammonites besieged Jabesh-gilead, Saul rallied all Israel to rescue them — his finest moment as king. After Saul's death, the men of Jabesh-gilead marched all night to recover his body from the Philistines.
1 Samuel
The Farmer Who Went Full Commander Mode
An enemy king threatens to gouge out everyone's right eye as a power move. Saul comes home from farming, the Spirit of God hits him like a freight train, and he rallies all of Israel for the most clutch rescue mission in the Old Testament. Then he shows mercy to his haters. Crown him. 👑
Judges
When Israel Tried to Fix Everything and Made It Worse
Israel just almost wiped out an entire tribe and now they're scrambling to undo the damage. Their solutions get progressively more unhinged — from destroying a city to kidnapping women at a festival. The final verse is the most haunting line in the whole book.
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