1 Samuel 11:4
“Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.”
And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
Related Verses
“And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.”
“And when the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;”
“And when all Jabesh–gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,”
“Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:”
“And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.”