1Samuel:13:1-15

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* It was one year since Saul became king , then he reigned two more years over Israel . * And Saul chose for himself three thousand out of Israel . And two thousand were with Saul in Michmash , and in the hills of Bethel . And a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin . And he sent the rest of the people each to his tent . * And Jonathan struck the fort of the Philistines in Geba . And the Philistines heard . And Saul blew with the ram 's horn throughout all the land , saying , Let the Hebrews hear . * And all Israel heard , saying , Saul has struck a fort of the Philistines ; and also Israel has made himself stink to the Philistines . And all the people were called after Saul , to Gilgal . * And the Philistines gathered to fight with Israel , with thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen , and people as the sand which is on the lip of the sea for multitude . And they came up and pitched in Michmash , east of 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 crevices , and in crags , and in tombs , and in cisterns . * And the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead . And Saul was still in Gilgal . And all the people followed him , trembling . * And he waited seven days , according to the set time with Samuel . But Samuel had not come to Gilgal ; and the people were scattered from him . * And Saul said , Bring near to me the burnt offering and the peace offerings . And he offered up the burnt offering . * And it happened , as soon as he finished the burnt offering , behold , Samuel came . And Saul went out to meet him , and to bless him . * And Saul said , Because I saw that the people were scattering from me , and you did not come in the days set out , and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash , * then I said , Now the Philistines will come down to me to Gilgal , and I have not sweetened the face of Jehovah ; and I forced myself , and offered a burnt offering . * And Samuel said to Saul , You have acted foolishly that you have not kept the command of Jehovah your God which He commanded you . For now Jehovah would have established your kingdom over Israel forever . * But now your kingdom shall not stand . Jehovah has sought out for Himself a man according to His own heart , and Jehovah has appointed him as leader over His people . For you have not kept that which Jehovah commanded you . * And Samuel rose up and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin . And Saul numbered the people who were found with him , about six hundred men .

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