The Armies of Israel: Disbanded After War

He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.

As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”