1 Samuel 11:6-8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁶ When Saul heard these words, the Spirit of God suddenly took control of him,^(A) and his anger burned furiously. ⁷ He took a team of oxen, cut them in pieces,^(B) and sent them throughout the land 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)

⁸ Saul counted them at Bezek.^(E) There were 300,000^[a](F) Israelites and 30,000^[b] men from Judah.