1 Samuel 11:7 · WEB
“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.”
— 1 Samuel 11:7
Era
Kingdom (~1000 BC)
Emotion
angry
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narrative
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