Book 08 : NEVIIM - I SAMUEL - Chapter 013
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Saul was----years old when he began to reign; and two years
he reigned over Israel
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And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof
two thousand were with Saul in Michmas and in the mount of Beth-el, and a
thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeath-benjamin; and the rest of the people he
sent every man to his tent
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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 horn throughout all
the land, saying: 'Let the Hebrews hear.
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And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten the garrison
of the Philistines, and that Israel also had made himself odious with the
Philistines. And the people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal
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And the Philistines assembled 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 Michmas, eastward of Beth-aven
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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 holds, and in pits
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Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the
land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the
people followed him trembling
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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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And Saul said: 'Bring hither to me the burnt-offering and
the peace-offerings.' And he offered the burnt-offering
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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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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 assembled themselves
together against Michmas
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therefore said I: Now will the Philistines come down upon
me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favour of HaShem; I forced myself
therefore, and offered the burnt-offering.
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And Samuel said to Saul: 'Thou hast done foolishly; thou
hast not kept the commandment of HaShem thy G-d, which He commanded thee; for
now would HaShem have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever
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But now thy kingdom shall not continue; HaShem hath sought
him a man after His own heart, and HaShem hath appointed him to be prince over
His people, because thou hast not kept that which HaShem commanded thee.
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And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal unto
Gibeath-benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about
six hundred men
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And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were
present with them, abode in Gibeath-benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in
Michmas
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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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and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and
another company turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley
of Zeboim toward the wilderness
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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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but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to
sharpen every man his plowshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock
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And the price of the filing was a pim for the mattocks,
and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and
to set the goads
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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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And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass
of Michmas
Book 08 : NEVIIM - I SAMUEL - Chapter 013
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