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I
Samuel
Chapter
13
1
Saul reigned one year;
and
when he had reigned two years over Israel,
{Garrisoning
of Saul's Regular Army of 3,000 Men}
2~~Saul
chose him three thousand men of Israel.
Where
two thousand were with Saul in Michmash
and
in mount Bethel.
And
a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin
{Saul's
home castle}.
And
the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
3
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.
4
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.
5
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.
6
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.
7
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.
8
And he delayed/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.
9
And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me,
and
peace offerings.
And
he offered the burnt offering.
10
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.
11
And Samuel said, What have you done?
And
Saul said, Because I saw that the people
were
scattered from me,
and
that you came not within the days appointed,
and
that the Philistines gathered themselves together
at
Michmash; 12
therefore
said I,
The
Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal,
and
I have not made supplication unto Jehovah/God
I
forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
13
And Samuel said to Saul,
you
have done foolishly.
You
have not kept the commandment of Jehovah/God
your
'Elohiym/Godhead,
which
he commanded you.
For
now would Jehovah/God have established your kingdom
upon
Israel forever.
14
But now your kingdom shall not continue
Jehovah/God
has sought him a man after his own heart/'right lobe',
and
Jehovah/God has commanded him to be captain over his people,
because
you have not kept that which Jehovah/God commanded you.
15
And Samuel arose,
and
got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin.
And
Saul numbered the people
that
were present with him, about six hundred men.
16
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.
17
And the spoilers came out of the camp
of
the Philistines in three companies . . .
one
company turned unto the way that leads to Ophrah,
unto
the land of Shual.
18
And another company turned the way to Bethhoron
and
another company turned to the way of the border
that
looks to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
19-20~~Now
there was no smith
{a
person who could work/smelt iron into weapons}
found
throughout all the land of Israel.
For
the Philistines said,
Lest
the Hebrews make them {iron} swords or {iron} spears 20~~
But
all the Israelites went down to the Philistines,
to
sharpen every man his share,
and
his coulter, and his axe,
and
his mattock {farming implements}.
{Note:
The Hebrews used bronze for farming but the Philistines had iron so
the Hebrews went to the Philistines who used the harder iron to
sharpen the bronze (and at this point kept the technology of working
iron into swords out of the hands of the Hebrews).}
21~~Yet
they had a {iron} file for the mattocks,
and
for the coulters,
and
for the forks,
and
for the axes,
and
to sharpen the goads.
{Hebrews
Still in the Bronze Age}
22~~So
it came to pass in the day of battle,
that
there was neither {iron} sword nor {iron} spear
found
in the hand of any of the people
who
were with Saul and Jonathan.
But
with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
23~~And
the garrison of the Philistines
went
out to the passage of Michmash.
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