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A Shocking Call to Unity
Commentators explain that Saul's act of dismembering oxen was a visceral and shocking war-signal, similar to an event in Judges 19. It was a culturally understood, though brutal, method to instantly communicate the extreme urgency of the threat from the Ammonites and demand a unified national response.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 11:7
18th Century
Theologian
Though not expressly stated, it is undoubtedly implied that he sent the portions by messengers to the twelve tribes, after the analogy of, and prob…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 11:7
19th Century
Bishop
A yoke of oxen. In a moment, all the great powers of Saul, until now dormant, awoke. He issued his swift commands in a way that at…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 11:7
17th Century
Pastor
And he took a yoke of oxen
Of his own or his father's, which he had just followed out of the field, and for which ch…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 11:1–11
17th Century
Minister
The first fruit of Saul's government was the rescue of Jabesh-gilead from the Ammonites. To save their lives, men will part with liberty, and even …