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When Saul heard the news, God's Spirit came on him with power. He became very angry. He killed two of his oxen. He cut their bodies into pieces. He sent men with the pieces to all the towns in Israel. In each town, the men said, ‘Everyone must join Saul and Samuel to fight in their army. If you do not agree to join them, they will cut up your oxen just like this!’ The people became very afraid of what the Lord would do. So they all came together as one army. They met together at Bezek. Saul counted 300,000 men from Israel and 30,000 men from Judah.[a]

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  1. 11:8 Judah was the most important Israelite tribe.