He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever doesn't come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
"The dread of the Lord fell upon the people"  (1 Samuel 11:7b).  In this action, the direct intervention of God in the affairs of men is no less visible in this phase (3) than it was in the other two phases of Saul's elevation.