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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