1 Samuel 11:5 meaning and explanation
Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
1 Samuel 11:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Saul is still a farmer, coming in from plowing behind his oxen, when he finds the people of Gibeah weeping over the messengers from Jabesh-gilead. The Ammonite king Nahash had demanded the right eye of every man there as the price of a treaty, and the town had asked for seven days to find help.
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