1 Samuel 13
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1 Samuel 13:2-7

2He choseH977 for himself threeH7969 thousandH505 men of IsraelH3478: Two thousandH505 wereH1961 withH5973 SaulH7586 at MichmashH4363 and in the hill countryH2022 of BethelH1008, and a thousandH505 wereH1961 withH5973 JonathanH3129 in GibeahH1390 of BenjaminH1144. And the restH3499 of the troopsH5971 he sent awayH7971, eachH376 to his ownH168 home.

3Then JonathanH3129 attackedH5221 the PhilistineH6430 outpostH5333 at GebaH1387, and the PhilistinesH6430 heardH8085 about it. So SaulH7586 blewH8628 the ram’s hornH7782 throughoutH3605 the landH776, sayingH559, “Let the HebrewsH5680 hearH8085!”

4And allH3605 IsraelH3478 heardH8085 the newsH559: “SaulH7586 has attackedH5221 an outpostH5333 of the PhilistinesH6430, and nowH1571 IsraelH3478 has become a stenchH887 to the PhilistinesH6430!” Then the peopleH5971H310 were summonedH6817 to join SaulH7586 at GilgalH1537.

5Now the PhilistinesH6430 assembledH622 to fightH3898 againstH5973 IsraelH3478 with threeH7970 thousandH5051 chariotsH7393, sixH8337 thousandH505 horsemenH6571, and troopsH5971 as numerousH7230 as the sandH2344 onH5921 the seashoreH8193H3220. They went upH5927 and campedH2583 at MichmashH4363, eastH6926 of Beth-avenH1007.

6SeeingH7200 thatH3588 they were in dangerH6862 becauseH3588 their troopsH5971 were hard-pressedH5065, the menH376 of IsraelH3478 hidH2244 in cavesH4631 and thicketsH2336, among the rocksH5553, and in cellarsH6877 and cisternsH953. 7Some HebrewsH5680 even crossedH5674 the JordanH3383 into the landH776 of GadH1410 and GileadH1568. Saul, howeverH7586, remainedH5750 at GilgalH1537, and allH3605 his troopsH5971 were quaking in fearH2729H310.

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  1. 1. 1 Samuel 13:5 Some LXX manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew thirty thousand ↩

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