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1 # Saul <07586> reigned <04427> (8800) one year <01121> <08141>; and when he had reigned <04427> (8804) two <08147> years <08141> over Israel <03478>,
2 Saul <07586> chose <0977> (8799) him three <07969> thousand <0505> men of Israel <03478>; whereof two thousand <0505> were with Saul <07586> in Michmash <04363> and in mount <02022> Bethel <01008>, and a thousand <0505> were with Jonathan <03129> in Gibeah <01390> of Benjamin <01144>: and the rest <03499> of the people <05971> he sent <07971> (8765) every man <0376> to his tent <0168>.
3 And Jonathan <03129> smote <05221> (8686) the garrison <05333> of the Philistines <06430> that was in Geba <01387>, and the Philistines <06430> heard <08085> (8799) of it. And Saul <07586> blew <08628> (8804) the trumpet <07782> throughout all the land <0776>, saying <0559> (8800), Let the Hebrews <05680> hear <08085> (8799) .
4 And all Israel <03478> heard <08085> (8804) say <0559> (8800) that Saul <07586> had smitten <05221> (8689) a garrison <05333> of the Philistines <06430>, and that Israel <03478> also was had in abomination <0887> (8738) with the Philistines <06430>. And the people <05971> were called together <06817> (8735) after <0310> Saul <07586> to Gilgal <01537>.
5 And the Philistines <06430> gathered themselves together <0622> (8738) to fight <03898> (8736) with Israel <03478>, thirty <07970> thousand <0505> chariots <07393>, and six <08337> thousand <0505> horsemen <06571>, and people <05971> as the sand <02344> which is on the sea <03220> shore <08193> in multitude <07230>: and they came up <05927> (8799), and pitched <02583> (8799) in Michmash <04363>, eastward <06926> from Bethaven <01007>.
6 When the men <0376> of Israel <03478> saw <07200> (8804) that they were in a strait <06887> (8804) , (for the people <05971> were distressed <05065> (8738),) then the people <05971> did hide <02244> (8691) themselves in caves <04631>, and in thickets <02337>, and in rocks <05553>, and in high places <06877>, and in pits <0953>.
7 And some of the Hebrews <05680> went over <05674> (8804) Jordan <03383> to the land <0776> of Gad <01410> and Gilead <01568>. As for Saul <07586>, he was yet in Gilgal <01537>, and all the people <05971> followed <0310> him trembling <02729> (8804).
8 # And he tarried <03176> (8686) (8675) <03176> (8735) seven <07651> days <03117>, according to the set time <04150> that Samuel <08050> had appointed: but Samuel <08050> came <0935> (8804) not to Gilgal <01537> ; and the people <05971> were scattered <06327> (8686) from him.
9 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), Bring hither <05066> (8685) a burnt offering <05930> to me, and peace offerings <08002>. And he offered <05927> (8686) the burnt offering <05930>.
10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end <03615> (8763) of offering <05927> (8687) the burnt offering <05930>, behold, Samuel <08050> came <0935> (8802); and Saul <07586> went out <03318> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) him, that he might salute <01288> (8800) him.
11 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799), What hast thou done <06213> (8804)? And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), Because I saw <07200> (8804) that the people <05971> were scattered <05310> (8804) from me, and that thou camest <0935> (8804) not within the days <03117> appointed <04150>, and that the Philistines <06430> gathered themselves together <0622> (8737) at Michmash <04363>;
12 Therefore said <0559> (8799) I, The Philistines <06430> will come down <03381> (8799) now upon me to Gilgal <01537>, and I have not made supplication <02470> (8765) unto <06440> the LORD <03068>: I forced <0662> (8691) myself therefore, and offered <05927> (8686) a burnt offering <05930>.
13 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) to Saul <07586>, Thou hast done foolishly <05528> (8738): thou hast not kept <08104> (8804) the commandment <04687> of the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, which he commanded <06680> (8765) thee: for now would the LORD <03068> have established <03559> (8689) thy kingdom <04467> upon Israel <03478> for <05704> ever <05769>.
14 But now thy kingdom <04467> shall not continue <06965> (8799): the LORD <03068> hath sought <01245> (8765) him a man <0376> after his own heart <03824>, and the LORD <03068> hath commanded <06680> (8762) him to be captain <05057> over his people <05971>, because thou hast not kept <08104> (8804) that which the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765) thee.
15 # And Samuel <08050> arose <06965> (8799), and gat him up <05927> (8799) from Gilgal <01537> unto Gibeah <01390> of Benjamin <01144>. And Saul <07586> numbered <06485> (8799) the people <05971> that were present <04672> (8737) with him, about six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376>.
16 And Saul <07586>, and Jonathan <03129> his son <01121>, and the people <05971> that were present <04672> (8737) with them, abode <03427> (8802) in Gibeah <01387> of Benjamin <01144>: but the Philistines <06430> encamped <02583> (8804) in Michmash <04363>.
17 And the spoilers <07843> (8688) came out <03318> (8799) of the camp <04264> of the Philistines <06430> in three <07969> companies <07218>: one <0259> company <07218> turned <06437> (8799) unto the way <01870> that leadeth to Ophrah <06084>, unto the land <0776> of Shual <07777>:
18 And another <0259> company <07218> turned <06437> (8799) the way <01870> to Bethhoron <01032> : and another <0259> company <07218> turned <06437> (8799) to the way <01870> of the border <01366> that looketh <08259> (8737) to the valley <01516> of Zeboim <06650> toward the wilderness <04057>.
19 Now there was no smith <02796> found <04672> (8735) throughout all the land <0776> of Israel <03478>: for the Philistines <06430> said <0559> (8804), Lest the Hebrews <05680> make <06213> (8799) them swords <02719> or spears <02595>:
20 But all the Israelites <03478> went down <03381> (8799) to the Philistines <06430>, to sharpen <03913> (8800) every man <0376> his share <04282>, and his coulter <0855>, and his axe <07134>, and his mattock <04281>.
21 Yet they had a file <06477> <06310> for the mattocks <04281>, and for the coulters <0855>, and for the forks <07969> <07053>, and for the axes <07134>, and to sharpen <05324> (8687) the goads <01861>.
22 So it came to pass in the day <03117> of battle <04421>, that there was neither sword <02719> nor spear <02595> found <04672> (8738) in the hand <03027> of any of the people <05971> that were with Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03129>: but with Saul <07586> and with Jonathan <03129> his son <01121> was there found <04672> (8735).
23 And the garrison <04673> of the Philistines <06430> went out <03318> (8799) to the passage <04569> of Michmash <04363>.