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The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”

1 Samuel 11:3 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 શમુએલ ૧૧:૩
પછી યાબેશના વડીલોએ તેને કહ્યું, “અમને માત્ર સાત દિવસ આપ, કે જેથી અમે ઇઝરાયલના સર્વ પ્રદેશમાં સંદેશાવાહકો મોકલીએ. પછી, ત્યાં જો કોઈ અમારો બચાવ કરનાર નહિ હોય, તો અમે તને સોંપાઈ જઈશું.”
हिन्दी1 शमूएल ११:३
याबेश के वृद्ध लोगों ने उससे कहा, “हमें सात दिन का अवसर दे तब तक हम इस्राएल के सारे देश में दूत भेजेंगे। और यदि हमको कोई बचानेवाला न मिलेगा, तो हम तेरे ही पास निकल आएँगे।”

In context

1Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh Gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”

2Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be gouged out. I will make this dishonor all Israel.”

3The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”

4Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people, then all the people lifted up their voice and wept.

5Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, “What ails the people that they weep?” They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

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