Judges 20:11
10 We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin, they will punish them for the atrocity that they committed in Israel.” 11 So all the men of Israel gathered together at the city as allies. 12 The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “How could such a wicked thing take place?
1 Samuel 11:7
6 The Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and he became very angry. 7 He took a pair of oxen and cut them up. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, who said, “Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen!” Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out as one army. 8 When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000.
Notes and References
"... The action by the Levite and by Saul (accompanied by his threat) is answered by all Israel "as one man" (Judges 20:1, 11; 1 Samuel 11:7), as might be expected with such an action. However, despite this "as one man", one group is missing in the account in Judges, namely the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead, thus increasing the contrast between Jabesh-Gilead and Israel - as one man. On the other hand, the coming out of Israel "as one man" in 1 Samuel 11:7 on behalf of Jabesh-Gilead is striking - the summons by a Benjaminite (Saul) was answered in contrast to the disobedience of the tribe at the punitive expedition against Gibeah. Then, Benjamin's behaviour could only be described as a cover up and as approval of the town's behavior ... What is described between those two phrases is what happens when there is no king in Israel.35 In this way this story seems to function as a legitimation of the rise of the monarchy.36 It should, however, not be overlooked that when a new king was finally anointed, this king came from Gibeah, of all towns in Israel, exactly the town where this folly took place ... I have demonstrated that the story of Sodom and Gomorrah is part of a triptych. The central panel of this triptych is the story of the outrage at Gibeah in Judges 19-21. The left, opening panel is the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, the right panel is the story of Saul's rescue of Jabesh-Gilead. By means of various signs, these three stories are linked to each other: the story of Gibeah in Judges 19-21 is the key text, yet without the side panel of Sodom and Gomorrah it loses much of its power. Precisely as a result of a combination of these three stories, Saul is depicted as a direct descendant of Gibeah, the Sodom of Benjamin, and is in this respect a true Sodomite ..."
de Hoop, Raymind "Saul the Sodomite: Genesis 18-19 as the Opening Panel of a Polemic Triptych on King Saul" in Noort, Edward, and Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar (eds.) Sodom’s Sin: Genesis 18-19 and Its Interpretations (pp. 17-26) Brill, 2004