1 Samuel 11:3-5

International Children’s Bible

³ The elders of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Let us have seven days. We will send messengers through all Israel. If no one comes to help us, we will give ourselves up to you.”

⁴ The messengers came to Gibeah where Saul lived. When they told the people the news, the people cried loudly. ⁵ Saul had finished plowing in the fields with his oxen. He was coming home when he heard the people crying. He asked, “What’s wrong with the people? Why are they crying?” Then they told Saul what the messengers from Jabesh had said.