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1 Samuel 13

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1Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

2Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

3And 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.

4And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

5And the Philistines gathered 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 Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

6When 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 high places, and in pits.

7And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

8And 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.

9And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

10And 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.

11And 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 gathered themselves together at Michmash;

12Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

13And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

14But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

15And 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.

16And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

17And 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:

18And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

19Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

21Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

22So 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.

23And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • שָׁאוּלShâʼûwlH758616× in this chapter

    Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites

  • עַםʻamH597114× in this chapter

    a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

  • פְּלִשְׁתִּיPᵉlishtîyH643012× in this chapter

    a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

  • אֵתʼêthH85311× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34789× in this chapter

    Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

  • לֹאlôʼH38088× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • אָמַרʼâmarH5598× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • כִּיkîyH35887× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • אֵלʼêlH4137× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • גִּלְגָּלGilgâlH15376× in this chapter

    Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30686× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • כֹּלkôlH36056× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • עָלָהʻâlâhH59276× in this chapter

    to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

  • שְׁמוּאֵלShᵉmûwʼêlH80506× in this chapter

    Shemuel, the name of three Israelites

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8346× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19615× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • יוֹנָתָןYôwnâthânH31295× in this chapter

    Jonathan, the name of ten Israelites

  • אִישׁʼîyshH3765× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • מִכְמָסMikmâçH43635× in this chapter

    Mikmas or Mikmash, a place in Palestine

  • מָצָאmâtsâʼH46725× in this chapter

    properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

  • אֶלֶףʼelephH5055× in this chapter

    hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

  • עִםʻimH59735× in this chapter

    adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)

  • דֶּרֶךְderekH18704× in this chapter

    a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

  • עֹלָהʻôlâhH59304× in this chapter

    a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

  • רֹאשׁrôʼshH72184× in this chapter

    the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

  • אֶרֶץʼeretsH7764× in this chapter

    the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

  • בּוֹאbôwʼH9354× in this chapter

    to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

  • בֵּןbênH11213× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • בִּנְיָמִיןBinyâmîynH11443× in this chapter

    Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

  • אֶחָדʼechâdH2593× in this chapter

    properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

  • אַחַרʼacharH3103× in this chapter

    properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

  • יוֹםyôwmH31173× in this chapter

    a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

  • יָצָאyâtsâʼH33183× in this chapter

    to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

  • מַחֲרֵשָׁהmachărêshâhH42813× in this chapter

    probably a pick-axe

  • עִבְרִיʻIbrîyH56803× in this chapter

    an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber

  • עַתָּהʻattâhH62583× in this chapter

    at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

  • פָּנָהpânâhH64373× in this chapter

    to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.

  • צָוָהtsâvâhH66803× in this chapter

    (intensively) to constitute, enjoin

  • שָׁלוֹשׁshâlôwshH79693× in this chapter

    three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

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