1 Samuel 11:5-7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

⁶ When Saul heard these words, the Spirit of God suddenly came powerfully on him,^(A) and his anger burned furiously. ⁷ He took a team of oxen, cut them into pieces,^(B) and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by messengers who said, ‘This is what will be done to the ox of anyone who doesn’t march behind Saul and Samuel.’^(C) As a result, the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out united.^(D)