1Samuel - Chapter 13 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
  • 2. Saul chose him three thousand {cf15I men} of Israel; {cf15I 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 {cf15I was} in Geba, and the Philistines heard {cf15I of it}. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
  • 4. And all Israel heard say {cf15I that} Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I some of} the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he {cf15I was} yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
  • 8. And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel {cf15I 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 {cf15I that} thou camest not within the days appointed, and {cf15I 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 {cf15I to be} captain over his people, because thou hast not kept {cf15I 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 {cf15I that were} present with him, about six hundred men.
  • 16. And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people {cf15I 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 {cf15I that leadeth to} Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
  • 18. And another company turned the way {cf15I to} Bethhoron: and another company turned {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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.
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