And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent [them] throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after (d) Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
(d) He adds Samuel because Saul was not yet approved by all.