When Saul heard these words, the Spirit of God suddenly came powerfully on him,(A) and his anger burned furiously. He took a team of oxen, cut them in pieces,(B) and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by messengers who said, “This is what will be done to the ox of anyone who doesn’t march behind Saul and Samuel.”(C) As a result, the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out united.(D)

Saul counted them at Bezek.(E) There were three hundred thousand[a](F) Israelites and thirty thousand[b] men from Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:8 LXX reads 600,000
  2. 11:8 DSS, LXX read 70,000

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