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Chapter 13
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Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years
over Israel, |
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Saul 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. |
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And 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. |
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And 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. |
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And 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.
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Sermon (Against All Odds) - |
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When 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. |
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And 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. |
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And 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. |
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And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and
peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. |
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And 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. |
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And 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; |
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Therefore 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. |
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And 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. |
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But 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. |
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And 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. |
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And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were
present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the
Philistines encamped in Michmash. |
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And 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: |
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And 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. |
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Now there was no smith found throughout all the land
of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make
them swords or spears: |
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But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines,
to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his
axe, and his mattock. |
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Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters,
and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the
goads. |
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So 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. |
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And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage
of Michmash. |
