11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

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11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, united together as one man.

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And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

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So he took a yoke of oxen and (A)cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, (B)“Whoever does not go out with Saul and Samuel to battle, so it shall be done to his oxen.”

And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out [a]with one consent.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 11:7 Lit. as one man