Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
THEY SEND TO SAUL, AND ARE DELIVERED. (I Samuel 11:5-11)
he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces—(see Judges 19:29). This particular form of war-summons was suited to the character and habits of an agricultural and pastoral people. Solemn in itself, the denunciation that accompanied it carried a terrible threat to those that neglected to obey it. Saul conjoins the name of Samuel with his own, to lend the greater influence to the measure, and to strike greater terror unto all contemners of the order. The small contingent furnished by Judah suggests that the disaffection to Saul was strongest in that tribe.
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1 Samuel 11:7
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