1 Samuel 11:3-5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ ‘Don’t do anything to us for seven days,’ the elders of Jabesh said to him, ‘and let us send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If no one saves us, we will surrender to you.’

⁴ When the messengers came to Gibeah,^(A) Saul’s home town, and told the terms to the people, all wept aloud.^{(B) 5} Just then Saul was coming in from the field behind his oxen. ‘What’s the matter with the people? Why are they weeping? ’ Saul enquired, and they repeated to him the words of the men from Jabesh.