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1 Samuel 13 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

War with the Philistines

1Sa 13:1

1Sa 13:1Saul was [fn]thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned [fn]forty two years over Israel.

1Sa 13:2

1Sa 13:2Now 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.

1Sa 13:3

1Sa 13:3Jonathan 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.”

1Sa 13:4

1Sa 13:4All Israel heard [fn]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 [fn]to Saul at Gilgal.

1Sa 13:5

1Sa 13:5Now 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.

1Sa 13:6

1Sa 13:6When 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.

1Sa 13:7

1Sa 13:7Also 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.

1Sa 13:8

1Sa 13:8Now 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.

1Sa 13:9

1Sa 13:9So Saul said, “Bring to me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered the burnt offering.

1Sa 13:10

1Sa 13:10As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him and to [fn]greet him.

1Sa 13:11

1Sa 13:11But 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,

1Sa 13:12

1Sa 13:12therefore 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.”

1Sa 13:13

1Sa 13:13Samuel 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 [fn]over Israel forever.

1Sa 13:14

1Sa 13:14“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.”

1Sa 13:15

1Sa 13:15Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul [fn]numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.

1Sa 13:16

1Sa 13:16Now 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.

1Sa 13:17

1Sa 13:17And the [fn]raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three [fn]companies: one [fn]company turned [fn]toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual,

1Sa 13:18

1Sa 13:18and another [fn]company turned [fn]toward Beth-horon, and another [fn]company turned [fn]toward the border which overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

1Sa 13:19

1Sa 13:19Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make [fn]swords or spears.”

1Sa 13:20

1Sa 13:20So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe.

1Sa 13:21

1Sa 13:21The charge was [fn]two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to fix the hoes.

1Sa 13:22

1Sa 13:22So 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.

1Sa 13:23

1Sa 13:23And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
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NASB95 Footnotes
As in some mss of the LXX; Heb omits thirty
See Acts 13:21; Heb omits forty
Literally: saying
Literally: after
Literally: bless
Literally: to
Literally: mustered
Literally: destroyers
Literally: heads
Literally: head
Literally: toward the direction of
Literally: head
Literally: the direction of
Literally: sword or spear
Hebrew: pim
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