1 Samuel 11:3-5

Lexham English Bible

³ So the elders of Jabesh said to him, “Leave us alone for seven days so that we may send messengers in all the territory of Israel, and if there is no deliverer for us, then we will come out to you.” ⁴ When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, they reported these things to^[a] the people. Then all the people lifted up their voices and wept. ⁵ Just then,^[b] Saul was coming from the field behind the cattle. Saul said, “What is the matter with the people, that they are weeping?” So they recounted to him the words of the men of Jabesh.