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| 1 Samuel 13:1 |
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Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned
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| 1 Samuel 13:2 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:3 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:4 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:5 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:6 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:7 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:8 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:9 |
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And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering
to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:10 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:11 |
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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; |
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| 1 Samuel 13:12 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:13 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:14 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:15 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:16 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:17 |
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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: |
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| 1 Samuel 13:18 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:19 |
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Now there was no smith found throughout all
the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords
or spears: |
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| 1 Samuel 13:20 |
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But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines,
to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:21 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:22 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:23 |
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And the garrison of the Philistines went out
to the passage of Michmash. |
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