13:1 Saul 7586 reigned 4427 8800 one year 1121 8141; and when he had reigned 4427 8804 two 8147 years 8141 over Israel 3478,(reigned one…: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning)

13:2 Saul 7586 chose 977 8799 him three 7969 thousand 505 [men] of Israel 3478; [whereof] two thousand 505 were with Saul 7586 in Michmash 4363 and in mount 2022 Bethel 1008, and a thousand 505 were with Jonathan 3129 in Gibeah 1390 of Benjamin 1144: and the rest 3499 of the people 5971 he sent 7971 8765 every man 376 to his tent 168.

13:3 And Jonathan 3129 smote 5221 8686 the garrison 5333 of the Philistines 6430 that [was] in Geba 1387, and the Philistines 6430 heard 8085 8799 [of it]. And Saul 7586 blew 8628 8804 the trumpet 7782 throughout all the land 776, saying 559 8800, Let the Hebrews 5680 hear 8085 8799.(Geba: or, the hill)

13:4 And all Israel 3478 heard 8085 8804 say 559 8800 [that] Saul 7586 had smitten 5221 8689 a garrison 5333 of the Philistines 6430, and [that] Israel 3478 also was had in abomination 887 8738 with the Philistines 6430. And the people 5971 were called together 6817 8735 after 310 Saul 7586 to Gilgal 1537.(was…: Heb. did stink)

13:5 And the Philistines 6430 gathered themselves together 622 8738 to fight 3898 8736 with Israel 3478, thirty 7970 thousand 505 chariots 7393, and six 8337 thousand 505 horsemen 6571, and people 5971 as the sand 2344 which [is] on the sea 3220 shore 8193 in multitude 7230: and they came up 5927 8799, and pitched 2583 8799 in Michmash 4363, eastward 6926 from Bethaven 1007.

13:6 When the men 376 of Israel 3478 saw 7200 8804 that they were in a strait 6887 8804, (for the people 5971 were distressed 5065 8738,) then the people 5971 did hide 2244 8691 themselves in caves 4631, and in thickets 2337, and in rocks 5553, and in high places 6877, and in pits 953.

13:7 And [some of] the Hebrews 5680 went over 5674 8804 Jordan 3383 to the land 776 of Gad 1410 and Gilead 1568. As for Saul 7586, he [was] yet in Gilgal 1537, and all the people 5971 followed 310 him trembling 2729 8804.(followed…: Heb. trembled after him)

13:8 And he tarried 3176 8686 8675 3176 8735 seven 7651 days 3117, according to the set time 4150 that Samuel 8050 [had appointed]: but Samuel 8050 came 935 8804 not to Gilgal 1537; and the people 5971 were scattered 6327 8686 from him.

13:9 And Saul 7586 said 559 8799, Bring hither 5066 8685 a burnt offering 5930 to me, and peace offerings 8002. And he offered 5927 8686 the burnt offering 5930.

13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end 3615 8763 of offering 5927 8687 the burnt offering 5930, behold, Samuel 8050 came 935 8802; and Saul 7586 went out 3318 8799 to meet 7125 8800 him, that he might salute 1288 8800 him.(salute: Heb. bless)

13:11 And Samuel 8050 said 559 8799, What hast thou done 6213 8804? And Saul 7586 said 559 8799, Because I saw 7200 8804 that the people 5971 were scattered 5310 8804 from me, and [that] thou camest 935 8804 not within the days 3117 appointed 4150, and [that] the Philistines 6430 gathered themselves together 622 8737 at Michmash 4363;

13:12 Therefore said 559 8799 I, The Philistines 6430 will come down 3381 8799 now upon me to Gilgal 1537, and I have not made supplication 2470 8765 unto 6440 the LORD 3068: I forced 662 8691 myself therefore, and offered 5927 8686 a burnt offering 5930.(made…: Heb. intreated the face)

13:13 And Samuel 8050 said 559 8799 to Saul 7586, Thou hast done foolishly 5528 8738: thou hast not kept 8104 8804 the commandment 4687 of the LORD 3068 thy God 430, which he commanded 6680 8765 thee: for now would the LORD 3068 have established 3559 8689 thy kingdom 4467 upon Israel 3478 for 5704 ever 5769.

13:14 But now thy kingdom 4467 shall not continue 6965 8799: the LORD 3068 hath sought 1245 8765 him a man 376 after his own heart 3824, and the LORD 3068 hath commanded 6680 8762 him [to be] captain 5057 over his people 5971, because thou hast not kept 8104 8804 [that] which the LORD 3068 commanded 6680 8765 thee.

13:15 And Samuel 8050 arose 6965 8799, and gat him up 5927 8799 from Gilgal 1537 unto Gibeah 1390 of Benjamin 1144. And Saul 7586 numbered 6485 8799 the people 5971 [that were] present 4672 8737 with him, about six 8337 hundred 3967 men 376.(present: Heb. found)

13:16 And Saul 7586, and Jonathan 3129 his son 1121, and the people 5971 [that were] present 4672 8737 with them, abode 3427 8802 in Gibeah 1387 of Benjamin 1144: but the Philistines 6430 encamped 2583 8804 in Michmash 4363.(present: Heb. found)(Gibeah: Heb. Geba)

13:17 And the spoilers 7843 8688 came out 3318 8799 of the camp 4264 of the Philistines 6430 in three 7969 companies 7218: one 259 company 7218 turned 6437 8799 unto the way 1870 [that leadeth to] Ophrah 6084, unto the land 776 of Shual 7777:

13:18 And another 259 company 7218 turned 6437 8799 the way 1870 [to] Bethhoron 1032: and another 259 company 7218 turned 6437 8799 [to] the way 1870 of the border 1366 that looketh 8259 8737 to the valley 1516 of Zeboim 6650 toward the wilderness 4057.

13:19 Now there was no smith 2796 found 4672 8735 throughout all the land 776 of Israel 3478: for the Philistines 6430 said 559 8804, Lest the Hebrews 5680 make 6213 8799 [them] swords 2719 or spears 2595:

13:20 But all the Israelites 3478 went down 3381 8799 to the Philistines 6430, to sharpen 3913 8800 every man 376 his share 4282, and his coulter 855, and his axe 7134, and his mattock 4281.

13:21 Yet they had a file 6477 6310 for the mattocks 4281, and for the coulters 855, and for the forks 7969 7053, and for the axes 7134, and to sharpen 5324 8687 the goads 1861.(a file: Heb. a file with mouths)(sharpen: Heb. to set)

13:22 So it came to pass in the day 3117 of battle 4421, that there was neither sword 2719 nor spear 2595 found 4672 8738 in the hand 3027 of any of the people 5971 that [were] with Saul 7586 and Jonathan 3129: but with Saul 7586 and with Jonathan 3129 his son 1121 was there found 4672 8735.

13:23 And the garrison 4673 of the Philistines 6430 went out 3318 8799 to the passage 4569 of Michmash 4363.(garrison: or, standing camp)

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