Jabesh-Gilead Delivered

We have taken notice of the wickedness of Nahash, the king of the Ammonites. Invading Gilead, he laid siege to Jabesh east of the Jordan. Feeling certain that they could expect no help from their brethren anywhere -- their pessimism was justified; the nation had rejected and forsaken the Lord and therefore it lived in dread of the heathen -- the Jabeshites decided to surrender. But what would the Ammonite king do to them once he had them in his hands? The men of Jabesh were afraid,...