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    1 Samuel 13

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    On the day of battle, Saul and Jonathan alone possessed swords or spears, while Israel paid the Philistines to sharpen its farm tools.

    The trumpet and the tremblingvv. 1–7

    Saul arranged three thousand men: two thousand with him at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand with Jonathan at Gibeah. Jonathan then struck the Philistine outpost at Geba, which prompted Saul to sound the ram’s horn and summon Israel to Gilgal. The Philistines answered with chariots, horsemen, and troops numerous as the seashore, so Israel hid wherever a frightened army can: caves, thickets, rocks, cellars, and cisterns. Some even crossed the Jordan; Saul remained at Gilgal, with the troops quaking around him.

    Seven days, and one disastrous momentvv. 8–15

    Saul waited the appointed seven days for Samuel, but the troops began to desert before Samuel appeared. Saul therefore ordered the offerings brought and offered the burnt offering himself. Samuel arrived just as the offering was finished—a most unfortunate piece of punctuality—and Saul went out to greet him. Saul explained that the desertion, Samuel’s absence, and the Philistine gathering had compelled him. Samuel called the act foolish and declared that Saul’s kingdom would not endure. Then Samuel left Gilgal for Gibeah, while Saul counted only about six hundred men.

    The army with no swordsvv. 16–23

    Saul and Jonathan settled with the remaining troops at Geba, opposite the Philistines at Michmash. Philistine raiders divided themselves into three parties, ranging toward Ophrah in Shual, Beth-horon, and the border road above the Valley of Zeboim. Israel had no blacksmiths, because the Philistines had forbidden the making of swords and spears; ordinary tools had to be taken down to the Philistines for sharpening, at rates recorded with almost comic exactness. Thus, when battle came, only Saul and Jonathan had weapons, while a Philistine garrison occupied the pass at Michmash.

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    1. 1 Sam 13:1Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.

    2. 1 Sam 13:2He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.

    3. 1 Sam 13:3Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

    4. 1 Sam 13:4And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

    5. 1 Sam 13:5Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

    6. 1 Sam 13:6Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

    7. 1 Sam 13:7Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.

    8. 1 Sam 13:8And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.

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

    10. 1 Sam 13:10Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.

    11. 1 Sam 13:11“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,

    12. 1 Sam 13:12I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

    13. 1 Sam 13:13“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.

    14. 1 Sam 13:14But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

    15. 1 Sam 13:15Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

    16. 1 Sam 13:16Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

    17. 1 Sam 13:17And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,

    18. 1 Sam 13:18another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.

    19. 1 Sam 13:19And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”

    20. 1 Sam 13:20Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

    21. 1 Sam 13:21The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.

    22. 1 Sam 13:22So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.

    23. 1 Sam 13:23And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.

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    • 14Acts 13:22After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
    • 141 Samuel 15:28So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
    • 81 Samuel 10:8And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”
    • 131 Samuel 15:22But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
    • 14Psalms 89:19–37You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
    • 14Psalms 78:70He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
    • 132 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
    • 141 Samuel 16:1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
    • 101 Samuel 15:13When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
    • 131 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
    • 14Acts 7:46who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
    • 21 Samuel 10:26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
    • 31 Samuel 10:5After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
    • 51 Samuel 14:23So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
    • 5Joshua 11:4So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.
    • 6Judges 6:2and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

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