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.
"Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen"  (1 Samuel 11:5).  He had obeyed Samuel's command for everyone to go home, and he was coming in from the field where he had been plowing.