Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What ails the people that they weep? They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
"Whosoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel"  (1 Samuel 11:7a). In these words, Saul wisely invoked the authority of the great prophet Samuel in his summons to all Israel.  Critics, of course, love to do their act of rewriting the Bible on a verse like this.  H. P. Smith rejected the words and after Samuel, "as a later insertion."[7]  Bennett also called the words, "An addition; Samuel does not appear in this episode."[8]  This writer is not willing to allow unbelieving critics the honor of re-writing the Bible to suit their theories.  Of course, Samuel does appear in this narrative as the authority behind all that Saul was able to do in this episode.