1 Samuel 11:5-7

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁵ Just then Saul came in from the field, following the oxen. Saul asked, “What has upset the people? Why are they weeping?” So they told him about the words of the men of Jabesh.

⁶ When Saul heard those words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him with power, and his anger burned intensely. ⁷ He took a yoke of oxen and cut them to pieces and sent the pieces throughout all the borders of Israel in the hands of messengers who said, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not turn out to follow Saul and Samuel.” The dread of the Lord fell on the people, and they turned out as one man.