שמואל א ט-יג: שאול מקים צבא

And the spirit of God came upon Sha᾽ul when he heard those tidings, and his anger burned greatly. And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them up in pieces, and sent them throughout all the territory of Yisra᾽el by the hands of messengers, saying, Whoever comes not forth after Sha᾽ul and after Shemu᾽el, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people and they came out with one consent. And when he numbered them in Bezeq, the children of Yisra᾽el were three hundred thousand, and the men of Yehuda, thirty thousand. And they said to the messengers that came, Thus shall you say to the men of Yavesh-gil῾ad, To morrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have help. And the messengers came and reported to the men of Yavesh; and they were glad. Therefore the men of Yavesh said, To morrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good in your eyes. And it was so on the morrow, that Sha᾽ul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote ῾Ammon until the heat of the day: and those that remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together. And the people said to Shemu᾽el, Who is he that said, Shall Sha᾽ul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. And Sha᾽ul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for today the Lord has wrought salvation in Yisra᾽el. Then said Shemu᾽el to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Sha᾽ul king before the Lord in Gilgal: and there they made sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Sha᾽ul and all the men of Yisra᾽el rejoiced greatly.

And when they forgot the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Ĥażor, and into the hand of the Pelishtim, and into the hand of the king of Mo᾽av, and they fought against them. And they cried to the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served the Ba῾alim and the ῾Ashtarot: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve Thee. And the Lord sent Yerubba῾al, and Bedan, and Yiftaĥ, and Shemu᾽el, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies round about, and you dwelled secure. And when you saw that Naĥash the king of the children of ῾Ammon came against you, you said to me, No; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your king.