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5 Just then Saul was coming from the field behind some oxen. |Why are these people crying?| Saul asked. So they told him the news about the men of Jabesh. 6 When he heard this news, God's Spirit came over him, and he became very angry. 7 Saul took a pair of oxen, cut them in pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the territory of Israel with the following message: |This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who doesn't follow Saul and Samuel [into battle].| So the people became terrified by the LORD, and they came out united [behind Saul]. 8 When Saul counted them at Bezek, there were 300,000 troops from Israel and 30,000 troops from Judah. 1 Samuel 11:5-8, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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