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Then ^(j)the Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and ^[c]he became very angry.

He took a yoke of oxen and ^(k)cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, "^(l)Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen." Then the dread of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out ^(m)as one man.

He ^[d]numbered them in ⁽ⁿ⁾Bezek; and the ^(o)sons of Israel were 300,000, and the men of Judah 30,000.

They said to the messengers who had come, "Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will have deliverance.'" So the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

Then the men of Jabesh said, "^(p)Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good ^[e]to you."

The next morning Saul put the people ^(q)in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.