1Samuel:13:1-15

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* Saul was ... years old when he became king ; and he reigned two years over Israel . * And Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel : there were with Saul two thousand 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 . * And Jonathan smote the outpost of the Philistines that was in Geba , and the Philistines heard [of it ]. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land , saying , Let the Hebrews hear . * And all Israel heard say , Saul has smitten the garrison of the Philistines , and Israel also has become odious to the Philistines . And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal . * And the Philistines were assembled 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 encamped in Michmash , eastward from Beth-Aven . * And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed ); and the people hid themselves in caves , and in thickets , and in cliffs , and in strongholds , and in pits . * And the Hebrews went over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead . And Saul was yet in Gilgal , and all the people followed him trembling . * And he waited seven days , according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed ]; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal ; and the people were scattered from him . * And Saul said , Bring hither to me the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings . And he offered up the burnt-offering . * And it came to pass , as soon as he had ended offering up the burnt-offering , behold , Samuel came ; and Saul went out to meet him , that he might salute him . * And Samuel said , What hast thou done ? And Saul said , Because I saw that the people were scattered from me , and that thou didst not come within the days appointed , and that the Philistines were assembled at Michmash , * I said , The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal , and I have not made supplication to Jehovah ; and I forced myself , and offered up the burnt-offering . * And Samuel said to Saul , Thou hast done foolishly : thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God which he commanded thee ; for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom over Israel for ever . * But now thy kingdom shall not continue : Jehovah has sought him a man after his own heart , and Jehovah has appointed him ruler over his people ; for thou hast not kept what Jehovah commanded thee . * And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin . And Saul numbered the people that were found with him , about six hundred men .

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