1 SAMUEL Chapter 13 (GNB)
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Saul picked three thousand men, keeping two thousand of them with him in
Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel and sending one thousand with his
son Jonathan to Gibeah, in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. The rest of
the men Saul sent home.
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Jonathan killed the Philistine commander in Geba, and all the Philistines heard
about it. Then Saul sent messengers to call the Hebrews to war by blowing a
trumpet throughout the whole country.
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All the Israelites were told that Saul had killed the Philistine commander and
that the Philistines hated them. So the people answered the call to join Saul
at Gilgal.
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The Philistines assembled to fight the Israelites; they had thirty thousand war
chariots, six thousand cavalry troops, and as many soldiers as there are grains
of sand on the seashore. They went to Michmash, east of Bethaven, and camped
there.
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Then they launched a strong attack against the Israelites, putting them in a
desperate situation. Some of the Israelites hid in caves and holes or among the
rocks or in pits and wells;
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others crossed the Jordan River into the territories of Gad and Gilead. Saul
was still at Gilgal, and the people with him were trembling with fear.
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He waited seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him to do, but Samuel
still had not come to Gilgal. The people began to desert Saul,
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so he said to them, "Bring me the burnt sacrifices and the fellowship
sacrifices." He offered a burnt sacrifice,
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and just as he was finishing, Samuel arrived. Saul went out to meet him and
welcome him,
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but Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul answered, "The
people were deserting me, and you had not come when you said you would; besides
that, the Philistines are gathering at Michmash.
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So I thought, 'The Philistines are going to attack me here in Gilgal, and I
have not tried to win the LORD's favor.' So I felt I had to offer a
sacrifice."
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"That was a foolish thing to do," Samuel answered. "You have not
obeyed the command the LORD your God gave you. If you had obeyed, he would have
let you and your descendants rule over Israel forever.
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But now your rule will not continue. Because you have disobeyed him, the LORD
will find the kind of man he wants and make him ruler of his people."
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Samuel left Gilgal and went on his way. The rest of the people followed Saul as
he went to join his soldiers. They went from Gilgal to Gibeah in the territory
of Benjamin. Saul inspected his troops, about six hundred men.
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Saul, his son Jonathan, and their men camped in Geba in the territory of
Benjamin; the Philistine camp was at Michmash.
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The Philistine soldiers went out on raids from their camp in three groups: one
group went toward Ophrah in the territory of Shual,
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another went toward Beth Horon, and the other one went to the border
overlooking Zeboim Valley and the wilderness.
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There were no blacksmiths in Israel because the Philistines were determined to
keep the Hebrews from making swords and spears.
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(The Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their plows, hoes, axes,
and sickles sharpened;
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the charge was one small coin for sharpening axes and for fixing goads, and two
coins for sharpening plows or hoes.)
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And so on the day of battle none of the Israelite soldiers except Saul and his
son Jonathan had swords or spears.
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The Philistines sent a group of soldiers to defend Michmash Pass.
CHAPTER ENDS
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