13:1 Saul
was
[forty]]
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
when
he
had
reigned
two
years
over
Israel,
13:2 Saul
chose
him
three
thousand
men
of
Israel,
whereof
two
thousand
were
with
Saul
in
Michmash
and
in
the
mount
of
Beth-el,
and
a
thousand
were
with
Jonathan
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin:
and
the
rest
of
the
people
he
sent
every
man
to
his
tent.
13:3 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.
13:4 And
all
Israel
heard
say
that
Saul
had
smitten
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines,
and
also
that
Israel
was
had
in
abomination
with
the
Philistines.
And
the
people
were
gathered
together
after
Saul
to
Gilgal.
13:5 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
encamped
in
Michmash,
eastward
of
Beth-aven.
13:6 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
coverts,
and
in
pits.
13:7 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.
13:8 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.
13:9 And
Saul
said,
Bring
hither
the
burnt-offering
to
me,
and
the
peace-offerings.
And
he
offered
the
burnt-offering.
13:10 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.
13:11 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
at
Michmash;
13:12 therefore
said
I,
Now
will
the
Philistines
come
down
upon
me
to
Gilgal,
and
I
have
not
entreated
the
favor
of
Jehovah:
I
forced
myself
therefore,
and
offered
the
burnt-offering.
13:13 And
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
Thou
hast
done
foolishly;
thou
hast
not
kept
the
commandment
of
Jehovah
thy
God,
which
he
commanded
thee:
for
now
would
Jehovah
have
established
thy
kingdom
upon
Israel
for
ever.
13:14 But
now
thy
kingdom
shall
not
continue:
Jehovah
hath
sought
him
a
man
after
his
own
heart,
and
Jehovah
hath
appointed
him
to
be
prince
over
his
people,
because
thou
hast
not
kept
that
which
Jehovah
commanded
thee.
13:15 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.
13:16 And
Saul,
and
Jonathan
his
son,
and
the
people
that
were
present
with
them,
abode
in
Geba
of
Benjamin:
but
the
Philistines
encamped
in
Michmash.
13:17 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;
13:18 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.
13:19 Now
there
was
no
smith
found
throughout
all
the
land
of
Israel;
for
the
Philistines
said,
Lest
the
Hebrews
make
them
swords
or
spears:
13:20 but
all
the
Israelites
went
down
to
the
Philistines,
to
sharpen
every
man
his
share,
and
his
coulter,
and
his
axe,
and
his
mattock;
13:21 yet
they
had
a
file
for
the
mattocks,
and
for
the
coulters,
and
for
the
forks,
and
for
the
axes,
and
to
set
the
goads.
13:22 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.
13:23 And
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
went
out
unto
the
pass
of
Michmash.
