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1SA-13:1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two
years
over Israel,
1SA-13:2 Saul chose him three thousand [men] of Israel;
[whereof] two
thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a
thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest
of the
people he sent every man to his tent.
1SA-13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that
[was] in Geba, and the Philistines heard [of it]. And Saul blew
the
trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
1SA-13:4 And all Israel heard say [that] Saul had smitten a
garrison
of the Philistines, and [that] Israel also was had in
abomination with
the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul
to
Gilgal.
1SA-13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to
fight
with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen,
and
people as the sand which [is] on the sea shore in multitude: and
they
came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
1SA-13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait,
(for
the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves
in
caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in
pits.
1SA-13:7 And [some of] the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land
of
Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he [was] yet in Gilgal, and all the
people followed him trembling.
1SA-13:8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time
that
Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the
people
were scattered from him.
1SA-13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and
peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
1SA-13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an
end of
offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went
out to
meet him, that he might salute him.
1SA-13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said,
Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and [that]
thou
camest not within the days appointed, and [that] the Philistines
gathered themselves together at Michmash;
1SA-13:12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now
upon
me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I
forced
myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
1SA-13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly:
thou
hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he
commanded
thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon
Israel
for ever.
1SA-13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath
sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath
commanded him
[to be] captain over his people, because thou hast not kept
[that]
which the LORD commanded thee.
1SA-13:15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto
Gibeah of
Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people [that were] present with
him,
about six hundred men.
1SA-13:16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people [that
were]
present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the
Philistines
encamped in Michmash.
1SA-13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the
Philistines in
three companies: one company turned unto the way [that leadeth
to]
Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
1SA-13:18 And another company turned the way [to] Bethhoron: and
another company turned [to] the way of the border that looketh
to the
valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
1SA-13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land
of
Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make [them]
swords
or spears:
1SA-13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines,
to
sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his
mattock.
1SA-13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the
coulters,
and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
1SA-13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there
was
neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people
that
[were] with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan
his son
was there found.
1SA-13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the
passage
of Michmash.
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