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1
Saul
was thirty
years
old
when he began to reign,
and he reigned
forty two
years
over
Israel.
2
Now Saul
chose
for himself 3,000
men of Israel,
of which 2,000
were with Saul
in Michmash
and in the hill country
of Bethel,
while 1,000
were with Jonathan
at Gibeah
of Benjamin.
But he sent away
the rest
of the people,
each
to his tent.
3
Jonathan
smote
the garrison
of the Philistines
that was in Geba,
and the Philistines
heard
of it. Then Saul
blew
the trumpet
throughout
the land,
saying,
"Let the Hebrews
hear."
4
All
Israel
heard
the news
that Saul
had smitten
the garrison
of the Philistines,
and also
that
Israel
had become odious
to the Philistines.
The people
were then summoned
to Saul
at Gilgal.
5
Now the Philistines
assembled
to fight
with Israel,
30,000
chariots
and 6,000
horsemen,
and people
like the sand
which
is on the seashore
in abundance;
and they came
up and camped
in Michmash,
east
of Beth-aven.
6
When the men
of Israel
saw
that they were in a strait
(for the people
were hard-pressed),
then the people
hid
themselves in caves,
in thickets,
in cliffs,
in cellars,
and in pits.
7
Also some of the Hebrews
crossed
the Jordan
into the land
of Gad
and Gilead.
But as for Saul,
he was still
in Gilgal,
and all
the people
followed
him trembling.
8
Now he waited
seven
days,
according to the appointed time
set
by Samuel,
but Samuel
did not come
to Gilgal;
and the people
were scattering
from him.
9
So Saul
said,
"Bring
to me the burnt
offering
and the peace
offering
s."
And he offered
the burnt
offering
.
10
As soon as he finished
offering
the burnt
offering
,
behold,
Samuel
came;
and Saul
went
out to meet
him and to greet
him.
11
But Samuel
said,
"What
have you done?"
And Saul
said,
"Because
I saw
that the people
were scattering
from me, and that you did not come
within the appointed
days,
and that the Philistines
were assembling
at Michmash,
12
therefore I said,
'Now
the Philistines
will come down
against
me at Gilgal,
and I have not asked
the favor
of the LORD.'
So I forced
myself and offered
the burnt offering."
13
Samuel
said
to Saul,
"You have acted foolishly;
you have not kept
the commandment
of
the LORD
your God,
which
He commanded
you, for now
the LORD
would have established
your kingdom
over
Israel
forever.
14
"But now
your kingdom
shall not endure.
The LORD
has sought
out for Himself a man
after His own heart,
and
the LORD
has appointed
him as ruler
over
His people,
because
you have not kept
what
the LORD
commanded
you."
15
Then Samuel
arose
and went
up from Gilgal
to Gibeah
of Benjamin.
And Saul
numbered
the people
who were present
with him, about six
hundred
men.
16
Now Saul
and his son
Jonathan
and the people
who were present
with them were staying
in Geba
of Benjamin
while the Philistines
camped
at Michmash.
17
And the raiders
came
from the camp
of the Philistines
in three
companies:
one
company
turned
toward
Ophrah,
to the land
of Shual,
18
and another
company
turned
toward
Beth-horon,
and another
company
turned
toward
the border
which overlooks
the valley
of Zeboim
toward
the wilderness.
19
Now no
blacksmith
could be found
in all
the land
of Israel,
f
or
the Philistines
said,
"Otherwise
the Hebrews
will make
sw
or
ds
or
spears."
20
So all
Israel
went down
to the Philistines,
each
to sharpen
his plowshare,
his mattock,
his axe,
and his hoe.
21
The charge
was two-thirds
of a shekel for the plowshares,
the mattocks,
the forks,
and the axes,
and to fix
the hoes.
22
So it came
about on the day
of battle
that neither
sword
nor
spear
was found
in the hands
of any
of the people
who
were
with Saul
and Jonathan,
but they were found
with Saul
and his son
Jonathan.
23
And the garrison
of the Philistines
went
out to the pass
of Michmash.
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