1 Samuel 11:9-12

9He told the messengers who had come, “Tell this to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” So the messengers told the men of Jabesh, and they rejoiced.

10Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do whatever you want to us.”

11The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions. During the morning watch, they invaded the Ammonite camp and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. There were survivors, but they were so scattered that no two of them were left together.

12Afterward, the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Give us those men so we can kill them!”