1 Samuel 11:11

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It was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

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Ammon, east of the Jordan, had besieged Jabesh-gilead, an Israelite town in Gilead; Saul’s forces gathered from Gibeah and likely mustered near Bezek before relieving it. Their victory led Israel to renew Saul’s kingship at Gilgal, an important covenant and assembly site.

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1 Samuel 11:11 mentions Ammon, Bezek, Gibeah, Gilgal and Jabesh-gilead.

Photo of Ammon — Ammon · Berthold Werner

Photo of Gibeah — Gibeah · Eli.berckovitz