1 Samuel 11:7

Easy To Read Version

Saul took a pair of cows and cut them in pieces. Then he gave the pieces of those cows to messengers. He ordered the messengers to carry the pieces throughout the land of Israel. He told them to give this message to the people of Israel: “Come follow Saul and Samuel. If any person does not come and help them, then this same thing will happen to his cows!”

Cross References

Genesis 35:5

Jacob and his sons left that place. The people in that area wanted to follow and kill them. But they became very afraid and did not follow Jacob.

2 Chronicles 14:14

Asa and his army defeated all the towns near Gerar. The people living in those towns were afraid of the Lord. Those towns had very many valuable things. Asa’s army took those valuable things away from those towns.

2 Chronicles 17:10

The nations near Judah were afraid of the Lord. That is why they did not start a war against Jehoshaphat.

2 Chronicles 19:7

Now each one of you must fear the Lord. Be careful in what you do because the Lord our God is fair. The Lord doesn’t treat some people more important than others. And he doesn’t accept money to change his judgments.”

Isaiah 8:13

The Lord All-Powerful is the One you should be afraid of. He is the One you should respect. He is the One you should fear.

Judges 19:29

When he arrived at his house, he took a knife and cut his woman servant [165] into 12 parts. Then he sent those 12 parts of the woman to all the areas where the people of Israel lived.

Judges 20:1

So all the people of Israel joined together. They all came together to stand before the Lord in the city of Mizpah. People came from everywhere in Israel. [166] Even the Israelite people from Gilead [167] were there.