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1Samuel 13
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War against the Philistines

13OMITTED TEXTH7586H4427H1121H8141H4427H8147H8141H3478 2Saul 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.H7586H977H7969H505H3478H505H7586H4363H2022H1008H505H3129H1390H1144H3499H5971H7971H376H168 3Jonathan 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.H3129H5221H5333H6430H1387H6430H8085H7586H8628H7782H776H559H5680H8085 4All 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.H3478H8085H559H7586H5221H5333H6430H3478H887H6430H5971H6817H310H7586H1537 5The 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.H6430H622H3898H3478H7970H505H7393H8337H505H6571H5971H2344H3220H8193H7230H5927H2583H4363H6926H1007 6Then 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;H376H3478H7200H6887H5971H5065H5971H2244H4631H2337H5553H6877H953 7others 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.H5680H5674H3383H776H1410H1568H7586H1537H5971H310H2729 8He 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,H3176H3176H7651H3117H4150H8050H8050H935H1537H5971H6327 9so he said to them, "Bring me the burnt sacrifices and the fellowship sacrifices." He offered a burnt sacrifice,H7586H559H5066H5930H8002H5927H5930 10and just as he was finishing, Samuel arrived. Saul went out to meet him and welcome him,H3615H5927H5930H8050H935H7586H3318H7125H1288 11but 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.H8050H559H6213H7586H559H7200H5971H5310H935H3117H4150H6430H622H4363 12So 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."H559H6430H3381H1537H2470H6440H3068H662H5927H5930 13"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.H8050H559H7586H5528H8104H4687H3068H430H6680H3068H3559H4467H3478H5704H5769 14But 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."H4467H6965H3068H1245H376H3824H3068H6680H5057H5971H8104H3068H6680 15Samuel 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.H8050H6965H5927H1537H1390H1144H7586H6485H5971H4672H8337H3967H376 16Saul, his son Jonathan, and their men camped in Geba in the territory of Benjamin; the Philistine camp was at Michmash.H7586H3129H1121H5971H4672H3427H1387H1144H6430H2583H4363 17The Philistine soldiers went out on raids from their camp in three groups: one group went toward Ophrah in the territory of Shual,H7843H3318H4264H6430H7969H7218H259H7218H6437H1870H6084H776H7777 18another went toward Beth Horon, and the other one went to the border overlooking Zeboim Valley and the wilderness.H259H7218H6437H1870H1032H259H7218H6437H1870H1366H8259H1516H6650H4057 19There were no blacksmiths in Israel because the Philistines were determined to keep the Hebrews from making swords and spears.H2796H4672H776H3478H6430H559H5680H6213H2719H2595 20(The Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their plows, hoes, axes, and sickles sharpened;H3478H3381H6430H3913H376H4282H855H7134H4281 21the charge was one small coin for sharpening axes and for fixing goads, and two coins for sharpening plows or hoes.)H6477H6310H4281H855H7969H7053H7134H5324H1861 22And so on the day of battle none of the Israelite soldiers except Saul and his son Jonathan had swords or spears.H3117H4421H2719H2595H4672H3027H5971H7586H3129H7586H3129H1121H4672 23The Philistines sent a group of soldiers to defend Michmash Pass.H4673H6430H3318H4569H4363


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