1 Samuel 11:7

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He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever doesn't come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

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Ammon lay east of the Jordan and threatened Jabesh-gilead, an Israelite town in Gilead; Saul’s call to arms from Gibeah rallied Israel against this invasion. The forces gathered at Bezek, then went to rescue Jabesh, and afterward the kingdom was publicly renewed at Gilgal.

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1 Samuel 11:7 mentions Ammon, Bezek, Gibeah, Gilgal and Jabesh-gilead.

Photo of Ammon — Ammon · Berthold Werner

Photo of Gibeah — Gibeah · Eli.berckovitz