1 Samuel 11:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ Saul was coming home from plowing the fields with his oxen when he heard the people crying. He asked, “What’s wrong with the people that they are crying?” Then they told Saul what the ·messengers [^Lmen] from Jabesh had said. ⁶ When Saul heard their words, God’s Spirit ·rushed upon him with power [came mightily/powerfully on Saul], and he ·became very angry [burned with anger]. ⁷ So he took a pair of oxen and cut them into pieces. Then he gave the pieces of the oxen to messengers and ordered them to carry them through all the land of Israel [^Ca ritual to curse an enemy].

The messengers said, “This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who does not ·follow [march with; ^Cinto battle] Saul and Samuel.” So the ·people became very afraid of the Lord [^Lterror/dread of the Lord fell on the people]. They all ·came together [marched out] as if they were one person.