1 Samuel 11:4

4When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept aloud.

4Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people raised their voices and wept.

4Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.

411:4 Nahash granted the request, even though the Israelites’ offer to submit to slavery (v 1) clearly indicated that they were in essence already defeated. Nahash undoubtedly believed that there was no formidable person to save Israel, and he wanted to see them willingly submit to the painful and debilitating mutilation that he had planned for them.Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the news to the people; and all the people raised their voices and wept aloud.

4When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.

4The messengers came to Gibeah of Saul. They reported to the people the terms Nahash had required. Then all the people wept out loud.