All the people of Israel from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, as well as from the land of Gilead in the east, answered the call. They gathered in one body in the LORD's presence at Mizpah.

From Zion the LORD will extend your royal power. "Rule over your enemies," he says.

On the day you fight your enemies, your people will volunteer. Like the dew of early morning your young men will come to you on the sacred hills.

The group of believers was one in mind and heart. None of them said that any of their belongings were their own, but they all shared with one another everything they had.