1 Samuel 11:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ The elders of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Give us seven days to send messengers through all [^Lthe borders/territories of] Israel. If no one comes to ·help [rescue; deliver] us, we will ·give ourselves up [surrender] to you.”

⁴ When the messengers came to Gibeah where Saul lived and told the people the news, they ·cried loudly [^Lraised their voices and wept]. 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.