1 Samuel 13
1. Saul reigned * one year;and when he had reigned * two years over Israel,
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.
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 * .
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.
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.
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.
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 * .
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.
9. And Saul said * , Bring hither * a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered * the burnt offering.
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.
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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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:
20. But all the Israelites went down * to the Philistines, to sharpen * every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
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.
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 * .
23. And the garrison of the Philistines went out * to the passage of Michmash.
