1 Samuel 11:4-7 ▼

4 Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the news to the people; and all the people raised their voices and wept aloud.

5 Now Saul was coming out of the field behind the oxen, and he said, “What is the matter with the people that they are weeping?” So they told him about the report of the men of Jabesh.

6 The Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and he became extremely angry.

7 He took a team of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out to follow Saul and Samuel, the same shall be done to his oxen.” Then fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out [united] as one man [with one purpose].