and divided her … and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel The same words in 1 Samuel 11:7, possibly implying that the present description has been copied from the other. But the two accounts differ in meaning: Saul's summons was intended to convey a threat, the Levite's to call forth horror. Dividedis the regular term for cutting up a sacrificial victim, Exodus 29:17; Leviticus 1:6; Leviticus 1:12; 1 Kings 18:23; 1 Kings 18:33.

twelve pieces Not necessarily referring to the number of the tribes (LXX. cod A); the twelve-fold division of Israel belongs to the later historical theory which finds expression in chs. 20, 21.

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