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== Early Career ==

== Early Career ==

Almost at once, Saul had a battle to fight. [[Nabash]] of [[Ammon]]<ref name=Spiro/> laid siege to [[Jabesh-gilead]] and demanded a terrible condition for that city's surrender: that he would blind everyone in the town in the right eye. The city fathers begged for seven days to consider the terms--and immediately sent messengers to Saul.<ref name=GeoCities/><ref name=Catholic/>

Almost at once, Saul had a battle to fight. [[Nahash]] of [[Ammon]]<ref name=Spiro/> laid siege to [[Jabesh-gilead]] and demanded a terrible condition for that city's surrender: that he would blind everyone in the town in the right eye. The city fathers begged for seven days to consider the terms--and immediately sent messengers to Saul.<ref name=GeoCities/><ref name=Catholic/>

Saul drafted an army three hundred thousand strong by threatening the slaughter of the oxen belonging to anyone who did not respond to the muster. (He slaughtered a team of oxen and sent the pieces to all the tribes to make his point.) With this army, he routed the Ammonite army and raised the siege. This established Saul as a military leader of consequence, and the people rallied to him.<ref name=GeoCities/><ref name=Spiro/><ref name=Catholic/>

Saul drafted an army three hundred thousand strong by threatening the slaughter of the oxen belonging to anyone who did not respond to the muster. (He slaughtered a team of oxen and sent the pieces to all the tribes to make his point.) With this army, he routed the Ammonite army and raised the siege. This established Saul as a military leader of consequence, and the people rallied to him.<ref name=GeoCities/><ref name=Spiro/><ref name=Catholic/>