1 Samuel 11:5-7

Lexham English Bible

⁵ Just then,^[a] 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.

⁶ Then the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and he became very angry.^{[b] 7} So he took a yoke of oxen and cut them into pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, “Whoever is not going out after Saul and after Samuel, so will it be done to his oxen.” Then the fear of Yahweh fell on the people and they went out as one man.