ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 13
1. Saul[H7586] was forty years[H1121] old when he began to reign[H4427]; and when he had reigned[H4427] two[H8147] years[H8141] over Israel[H3478],
2. Saul[H7586] chose[H977] him three[H7969] thousand[H505] men of Israel[H3478], whereof two thousand[H505] were with Saul[H7586] in Michmash[H4363] and in the mount[H2022] of Beth-el[H1008], and a thousand[H505] were with Jonathan[H3129] in Gibeah[H1390] of Benjamin[H1144]: and the rest[H3499] of the people[H5971] he sent[H7971] every man[H376] to his tent[H168].
3. And Jonathan[H3129] smote[H5221] the garrison[H5333] of the Philistines[H6430] that was in Geba[H1387]: and the Philistines[H6430] heard[H8085] of it[H7586]. And Saul blew[H8628] the trumpet[H7782] throughout all the land[H776], saying[H559], Let the Hebrews[H5680] hear[H8085].
4. And all Israel[H3478] heard[H8085] say[H559] that Saul[H7586] had smitten[H5221] the garrison[H5333] of the Philistines[H6430], and also that Israel[H3478] was had in abomination[H887] with the Philistines[H6430]. And the people[H5971] were gathered together[H6817] after[H310] Saul[H7586] to Gilgal[H1537].
5. And the Philistines[H6430] assembled themselves together[H622] to fight[H3898] with Israel[H3478], thirty[H7970] thousand[H505] chariots[H7393], and six[H8337] thousand[H505] horsemen[H6571], and people[H5971] as the sand[H2344] which is on the sea-shore[H3220, 8193] in multitude[H7230]: and they came up[H5927], and encamped[H2583] in Michmash[H4363], eastward[H6926] of Beth-aven[H1007].
6. When the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] saw[H7200] that they were in a strait[H6887] (for the people[H5971] were distressed[H5065]), then the people[H5971] did hide[H2244] themselves in caves[H4631], and in thickets[H2337], and in rocks[H5553], and in coverts[H6877], and in pits[H953].
7. Now some of the Hebrews[H5680] had gone over[H5674] the Jordan[H3383] to the land[H776] of Gad[H1410] and Gilead[H1568]; but as for Saul[H7586], he was yet in Gilgal[H1537], and all the people[H5971] followed[H310] him trembling[H2729].
8. And he tarried[H3176] seven[H7651] days[H3117], according to the set time[H4150] that Samuel[H8050] had appointed[H8050]: but Samuel came[H935] not to Gilgal[H1537]; and the people[H5971] were scattered from him[H6327].
9. And Saul[H7586] said[H559], Bring hither[H5066] the burnt-offering[H5930] to me[H5930], and the peace-offerings. And he offered[H5927] the burnt-offering[H5930].
10. And it came to pass that[H3615], as soon as he had made an end of offering[H5927] the burnt-offering[H5930], behold[H8050], Samuel came[H935]; and Saul[H7586] went out[H3318] to meet[H7125] him[H1288], that he might salute him.
11. And Samuel[H8050] said[H559], What hast thou done[H6213]? And Saul[H7586] said[H559], Because I saw[H7200] that the people[H5971] were scattered[H5310] from me[H935], and that thou camest not within the days[H3117] appointed[H4150], and that the Philistines[H6430] assembled themselves together[H622] at Michmash[H4363];
12. therefore said[H559] I[H6430], Now will the Philistines come down[H3381] upon me to Gilgal[H1537], and I have not entreated[H2470] the favor of[H6440] Jehovah[H3068]: I forced[H662] myself therefore[H5927], and offered the burnt-offering[H5930].
13. And Samuel[H8050] said[H559] to Saul[H7586], Thou hast done foolishly[H5528]; thou hast not kept[H8104] the commandment[H4687] of Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430], which he commanded[H6680] thee[H3068]: for now would Jehovah have established[H3559] thy kingdom[H4467] upon Israel[H3478] for[H5704] ever[H5769].
14. But now thy kingdom[H4467] shall not continue[H6965]: Jehovah[H3068] hath sought[H1245] him a man[H376] after his own heart[H3824], and Jehovah[H3068] hath appointed[H6680] him to be prince[H5057] over his people[H5971], because thou hast not kept[H8104] that which Jehovah[H3068] commanded thee[H6680].
15. And Samuel[H8050] arose[H6965], and gat him up[H5927] from Gilgal[H1537] unto Gibeah[H1390] of Benjamin[H1144]. And Saul[H7586] numbered[H6485] the people[H5971] that were present[H4672] with him[H8337], about six hundred[H3967] men[H376].
16. And Saul[H7586], and Jonathan[H3129] his son[H1121], and the people[H5971] that were present[H4672] with them[H3427], abode in Geba[H1387] of Benjamin[H1144]: but the Philistines[H6430] encamped[H2583] in Michmash[H4363].
17. And the spoilers[H7843] came out[H3318] of the camp[H4264] of the Philistines[H6430] in three[H7969] companies[H7218]: one[H259] company[H7218] turned[H6437] unto the way[H1870] that leadeth to Ophrah[H6084], unto the land[H776] of Shual[H7777];
18. and another[H259] company[H7218] turned[H6437] the way[H1870] to Beth-horon[H1032]; and another[H259] company[H7218] turned[H6437] the way[H1870] of the border[H1366] that looketh[H8259] down upon the valley[H1516] of Zeboim[H6650] toward the wilderness[H4057].
19. Now there was no smith[H2796] found[H4672] throughout all the land[H776] of Israel[H3478]; for the Philistines[H6430] said[H559], Lest the Hebrews[H5680] make[H6213] them swords[H2719] or spears[H2595]:
20. but all the Israelites[H3478] went down[H3381] to the Philistines[H6430], to sharpen[H3913] every man[H376] his share[H4282], and his coulter[H855], and his axe[H7134], and his mattock[H4281];
21. yet they had a file[H6477] for the mattocks[H4281], and for the coulters[H855], and for the forks[H7969], and for the axes[H7134], and to set[H5324] the goads[H1861].
22. So it came to pass in the day[H3117] of battle[H4421], that there was neither sword[H2719] nor spear[H2595] found[H4672] in the hand[H3027] of any of the people[H5971] that were with Saul[H7586] and Jonathan[H3129]: but with Saul[H7586] and with Jonathan[H3129] his son[H1121] was there found[H4672].
23. And the garrison[H4673] of the Philistines[H6430] went out[H3318] unto the pass[H4569] of Michmash[H4363].
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