King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Saul[H7586] reigned[H4427] one[H1121] year;[H8141] and when he had reigned[H4427] two[H8147] years[H8141] over[H5921] Israel,[H3478]

2. Saul[H7586] chose[H977] him three[H7969] thousand[H505] men of Israel;[H4480] [H3478] whereof two thousand[H505] were[H1961] with[H5973] Saul[H7586] in Michmash[H4363] and in mount[H2022] Bethel,[H1008] and a thousand[H505] were[H1961] with[H5973] Jonathan[H3083] 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[H3083] smote[H5221] [H853] the garrison[H5333] of the Philistines[H6430] that[H834] was in Geba,[H1387] and the Philistines[H6430] heard[H8085] of it. And Saul[H7586] blew[H8628] the trumpet[H7782] throughout all[H3605] the land,[H776] saying,[H559] Let the Hebrews[H5680] hear.[H8085]

4. And all[H3605] Israel[H3478] heard[H8085] say[H559] that Saul[H7586] had smitten[H5221] [H853] a garrison[H5333] of the Philistines,[H6430] and that Israel[H3478] also[H1571] was had in abomination[H887] with the Philistines.[H6430] And the people[H5971] were called together[H6817] after[H310] Saul[H7586] to Gilgal.[H1537]

5. And the Philistines[H6430] gathered themselves together[H622] to fight[H3898] with[H5973] Israel,[H3478] thirty[H7970] thousand[H505] chariots,[H7393] and six[H8337] thousand[H505] horsemen,[H6571] and people[H5971] as the sand[H2344] which[H834] is on[H5921] the sea[H3220] shore[H8193] in multitude:[H7230] and they came up,[H5927] and pitched[H2583] in Michmash,[H4363] eastward[H6926] from Beth-aven.[H1007]

6. When the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] saw[H7200] that[H3588] they were in a strait,[H6887] (for[H3588] the people[H5971] were distressed,)[H5065] then the people[H5971] did hide themselves[H2244] in caves,[H4631] and in thickets,[H2337] and in rocks,[H5553] and in high places,[H6877] and in pits.[H953]

7. And some of the Hebrews[H5680] went over[H5674] [H853] Jordan[H3383] to the land[H776] of Gad[H1410] and Gilead.[H1568] As for Saul,[H7586] he was yet[H5750] in Gilgal,[H1537] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] followed[H310] him trembling.[H2729]

8. And he tarried[H3176] seven[H7651] days,[H3117] according to the set time[H4150] that[H834] Samuel[H8050] had appointed: but Samuel[H8050] came[H935] not[H3808] to Gilgal;[H1537] and the people[H5971] were scattered[H6327] from[H4480] [H5921] him.

9. And Saul[H7586] said,[H559] Bring hither[H5066] a burnt offering[H5930] to[H413] me, and peace offerings.[H8002] And he offered[H5927] the burnt offering.[H5930]

10. And it came to pass,[H1961] that as soon as he had made an end[H3615] of offering[H5927] the burnt offering,[H5930] behold,[H2009] Samuel[H8050] came;[H935] and Saul[H7586] went out[H3318] to meet[H7125] him, that he might salute[H1288] him.

11. And Samuel[H8050] said,[H559] What[H4100] hast thou done?[H6213] And Saul[H7586] said,[H559] Because[H3588] I saw[H7200] that[H3588] the people[H5971] were scattered[H5310] from[H4480] [H5921] me, and that thou[H859] camest[H935] not[H3808] within the days[H3117] appointed,[H4150] and that the Philistines[H6430] gathered themselves together[H622] at Michmash;[H4363]

12. Therefore said[H559] I, The Philistines[H6430] will come down[H3381] now[H6258] upon[H413] me to Gilgal,[H1537] and I have not[H3808] made supplication[H2470] unto[H6440] the LORD:[H3068] I forced myself[H662] therefore, and offered[H5927] a burnt offering.[H5930]

13. And Samuel[H8050] said[H559] to[H413] Saul,[H7586] Thou hast done foolishly:[H5528] thou hast not[H3808] kept[H8104] [H853] the commandment[H4687] of the LORD[H3068] thy God,[H430] which[H834] he commanded[H6680] thee: for[H3588] now[H6258] would the LORD[H3068] have established[H3559] [H853] thy kingdom[H4467] upon[H413] Israel[H3478] forever.[H5704] [H5769]

14. But now[H6258] thy kingdom[H4467] shall not[H3808] continue:[H6965] the LORD[H3068] hath sought[H1245] him a man[H376] after his own heart,[H3824] and the LORD[H3068] hath commanded[H6680] him to be captain[H5057] over[H5921] his people,[H5971] because[H3588] thou hast not[H3808] kept[H8104] that[H853] which[H834] the LORD[H3068] commanded[H6680] thee.

15. And Samuel[H8050] arose,[H6965] and got him up[H5927] from[H4480] Gilgal[H1537] unto Gibeah[H1390] of Benjamin.[H1144] And Saul[H7586] numbered[H6485] [H853] the people[H5971] that were present[H4672] with[H5973] him, about six[H8337] hundred[H3967] men.[H376]

16. And Saul,[H7586] and Jonathan[H3083] his son,[H1121] and the people[H5971] that were present[H4672] with[H5973] them, abode[H3427] in Gibeah[H1387] of Benjamin:[H1144] but the Philistines[H6430] encamped[H2583] in Michmash.[H4363]

17. And the spoilers[H7843] came out[H3318] of the camp[H4480] [H4264] of the Philistines[H6430] in three[H7969] companies:[H7218] one[H259] company[H7218] turned[H6437] unto[H413] the way[H1870] that leadeth to Ophrah,[H6084] unto[H413] 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] to the way[H1870] of the border[H1366] that looketh[H8259] to[H5921] the valley[H1516] of Zeboim[H6650] toward the wilderness.[H4057]

19. Now there was no[H3808] blacksmith[H2796] found[H4672] throughout all[H3605] the land[H776] of Israel:[H3478] for[H3588] the Philistines[H6430] said,[H559] Lest[H6435] the Hebrews[H5680] make[H6213] them swords[H2719] or[H176] spears: [H2595]

20. But all[H3605] the Israelites[H3478] went down[H3381] to the Philistines,[H6430] to sharpen[H3913] every man[H376] [H853] his share,[H4282] and his colter,[H855] and his axe,[H7134] and his mattock.[H4281]

21. Yet they had[H1961] a file[H6477] [H6310] for the mattocks,[H4281] and for the colters,[H855] and for the forks,[H7969] [H7053] and for the axes,[H7134] and to sharpen[H5324] the goads.[H1861]

22. So it came to pass[H1961] in the day[H3117] of battle,[H4421] that there was neither[H3808] sword[H2719] nor spear[H2595] found[H4672] in the hand[H3027] of any[H3605] of the people[H5971] that[H834] were with[H854] Saul[H7586] and Jonathan:[H3083] but with Saul[H7586] and with Jonathan[H3083] his son[H1121] was there found.[H4672]

23. And the garrison[H4673] of the Philistines[H6430] went out[H3318] to[H413] the passage[H4569] of Michmash.[H4363]