1 Samuel 13 Saul reigned one year ; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

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1 H7586 Saul H4427 reigned [H8800] H1121 one year H8141 H4427 ; and when he had reigned [H8804] H8147 two H8141 years H3478 over Israel,

2 H7586 Saul H977 chose [H8799] H7969 him three H505 thousand H3478 men of Israel H505 ; whereof two thousand H7586 were with Saul H4363 in Michmash H2022 and in mount H1008 Bethel H505 , and a thousand H3129 were with Jonathan H1390 in Gibeah H1144 of Benjamin H3499 : and the rest H5971 of the people H7971 he sent [H8765] H376 every man H168 to his tent.

3 H3129 And Jonathan H5221 smote [H8686] H5333 the garrison H6430 of the Philistines H1387 that was in Geba H6430 , and the Philistines H8085 heard [H8799] H7586 of it . And Saul H8628 blew [H8804] H7782 the trumpet H776 throughout all the land H559 , saying [H8800] H5680 , Let the Hebrews H8085 hear [H8799] .

4 H3478 And all Israel H8085 heard [H8804] H559 say [H8800] H7586 that Saul H5221 had smitten [H8689] H5333 a garrison H6430 of the Philistines H3478 , and that Israel H887 also was had in abomination [H8738] H6430 with the Philistines H5971 . And the people H6817 were called together [H8735] H310 after H7586 Saul H1537 to Gilgal.

5 H6430 And the Philistines H622 gathered themselves together [H8738] H3898 to fight [H8736] H3478 with Israel H7970 , thirty H505 thousand H7393 chariots H8337 , and six H505 thousand H6571 horsemen H5971 , and people H2344 as the sand H3220 which is on the sea H8193 shore H7230 in multitude H5927 : and they came up [H8799] H2583 , and pitched [H8799] H4363 in Michmash H6926 , eastward H1007 from Bethaven.

6 H376 When the men H3478 of Israel H7200 saw [H8804] H6887 that they were in a strait [H8804] H5971 , (for the people H5065 were distressed [H8738] H5971 ,) then the people H2244 did hide [H8691] H4631 themselves in caves H2337 , and in thickets H5553 , and in rocks H6877 , and in high places H953 , and in pits.

7 H5680 And some of the Hebrews H5674 went over [H8804] H3383 Jordan H776 to the land H1410 of Gad H1568 and Gilead H7586 . As for Saul H1537 , he was yet in Gilgal H5971 , and all the people H310 followed H2729 him trembling [H8804] .

8 H3176 And he tarried [H8686] [H8675] H3176 [H8735] H7651 seven H3117 days H4150 , according to the set time H8050 that Samuel H8050 had appointed : but Samuel H935 came [H8804] H1537 not to Gilgal H5971 ; and the people H6327 were scattered [H8686] from him.

9 H7586 And Saul H559 said [H8799] H5066 , Bring hither [H8685] H5930 a burnt offering H8002 to me, and peace offerings H5927 . And he offered [H8686] H5930 the burnt offering.

10 H3615 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end [H8763] H5927 of offering [H8687] H5930 the burnt offering H8050 , behold, Samuel H935 came [H8802] H7586 ; and Saul H3318 went out [H8799] H7125 to meet [H8800] H1288 him, that he might salute [H8800] him.

11 H8050 And Samuel H559 said [H8799] H6213 , What hast thou done [H8804] H7586 ? And Saul H559 said [H8799] H7200 , Because I saw [H8804] H5971 that the people H5310 were scattered [H8804] H935 from me, and that thou camest [H8804] H3117 not within the days H4150 appointed H6430 , and that the Philistines H622 gathered themselves together [H8737] H4363 at Michmash;

12 H559 Therefore said [H8799] H6430 I, The Philistines H3381 will come down [H8799] H1537 now upon me to Gilgal H2470 , and I have not made supplication [H8765] H6440 unto H3068 the LORD H662 : I forced [H8691] H5927 myself therefore, and offered [H8686] H5930 a burnt offering.

13 H8050 And Samuel H559 said [H8799] H7586 to Saul H5528 , Thou hast done foolishly [H8738] H8104 : thou hast not kept [H8804] H4687 the commandment H3068 of the LORD H430 thy God H6680 , which he commanded [H8765] H3068 thee: for now would the LORD H3559 have established [H8689] H4467 thy kingdom H3478 upon Israel H5704 for H5769 ever.

14 H4467 But now thy kingdom H6965 shall not continue [H8799] H3068 : the LORD H1245 hath sought [H8765] H376 him a man H3824 after his own heart H3068 , and the LORD H6680 hath commanded [H8762] H5057 him to be captain H5971 over his people H8104 , because thou hast not kept [H8804] H3068 that which the LORD H6680 commanded [H8765] thee.

15 H8050 And Samuel H6965 arose [H8799] H5927 , and gat him up [H8799] H1537 from Gilgal H1390 unto Gibeah H1144 of Benjamin H7586 . And Saul H6485 numbered [H8799] H5971 the people H4672 that were present [H8737] H8337 with him, about six H3967 hundred H376 men.

16 H7586 And Saul H3129 , and Jonathan H1121 his son H5971 , and the people H4672 that were present [H8737] H3427 with them, abode [H8802] H1387 in Gibeah H1144 of Benjamin H6430 : but the Philistines H2583 encamped [H8804] H4363 in Michmash.

17 H7843 And the spoilers [H8688] H3318 came out [H8799] H4264 of the camp H6430 of the Philistines H7969 in three H7218 companies H259 : one H7218 company H6437 turned [H8799] H1870 unto the way H6084 that leadeth to Ophrah H776 , unto the land H7777 of Shual:

18 H259 And another H7218 company H6437 turned [H8799] H1870 the way H1032 to Bethhoron H259 : and another H7218 company H6437 turned [H8799] H1870 to the way H1366 of the border H8259 that looketh [H8737] H1516 to the valley H6650 of Zeboim H4057 toward the wilderness.

19 H2796 Now there was no smith H4672 found [H8735] H776 throughout all the land H3478 of Israel H6430 : for the Philistines H559 said [H8804] H5680 , Lest the Hebrews H6213 make [H8799] H2719 them swords H2595 or spears:

20 H3478 But all the Israelites H3381 went down [H8799] H6430 to the Philistines H3913 , to sharpen [H8800] H376 every man H4282 his share H855 , and his coulter H7134 , and his axe H4281 , and his mattock.

21 H6477 Yet they had a file H6310 H4281 for the mattocks H855 , and for the coulters H7969 , and for the forks H7053 H7134 , and for the axes H5324 , and to sharpen [H8687] H1861 the goads.

22 H3117 So it came to pass in the day H4421 of battle H2719 , that there was neither sword H2595 nor spear H4672 found [H8738] H3027 in the hand H5971 of any of the people H7586 that were with Saul H3129 and Jonathan H7586 : but with Saul H3129 and with Jonathan H1121 his son H4672 was there found [H8735] .

23 H4673 And the garrison H6430 of the Philistines H3318 went out [H8799] H4569 to the passage H4363 of Michmash.