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War
with the Philistines |
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| 1 Samuel 13:1 |
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Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned forty two years over Israel. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:2 |
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Now Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel,
of which 2,000 were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while
1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent away the rest of the
people, each to his tent. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:3 |
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Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines
that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet
throughout the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear." |
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| 1 Samuel 13:4 |
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All Israel heard the news that Saul had smitten
the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become odious to the
Philistines. The people were then summoned to Saul at Gilgal. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:5 |
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Now the Philistines assembled to fight with
Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and people like the sand which is
on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of
Beth-aven. |
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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 hard-pressed), then the people hid themselves in
caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:7 |
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Also some of the Hebrews crossed the Jordan
into the land of Gad and Gilead. But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and
all the people followed him trembling. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:8 |
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Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed
time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering
from him. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:9 |
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So Saul said, "Bring to me the burnt offering
and the peace offerings." And he offered the burnt offering. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:10 |
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As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering,
behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him and to greet him. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:11 |
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But Samuel said, "What have you done?" And
Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you
did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling
at Michmash, |
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| 1 Samuel 13:12 |
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therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will
come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the LORD.' So
I forced myself and offered the burnt offering." |
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| 1 Samuel 13:13 |
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Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly;
you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you,
for now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:14 |
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But now your kingdom shall not endure. The LORD
has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed
him as ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded
you." |
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| 1 Samuel 13:15 |
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Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to
Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about
six hundred men. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:16 |
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Now Saul and his son Jonathan and the people
who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines
camped at Michmash. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:17 |
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And the raiders came from the camp of the Philistines
in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual, |
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| 1 Samuel 13:18 |
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and another company turned toward Beth-horon,
and another company turned toward the border which overlooks the valley of Zeboim
toward the wilderness. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:19 |
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Now no blacksmith could be found in all the
land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords
or spears." |
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| 1 Samuel 13:20 |
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So all Israel went down to the Philistines,
each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:21 |
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The charge was two-thirds of a shekel for the
plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to fix the hoes. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:22 |
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So it came about on the day of battle that neither
sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul
and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan. |
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| 1 Samuel 13:23 |
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And the garrison of the Philistines went out
to the pass of Michmash. |
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