1Samuel:13

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ylt @1Samuel:13:1 @A son of a year [is ] Saul in his reigning , yea , two years he hath reigned over Israel , ylt @1Samuel:13:2 @and Saul chooseth for himself three thousand [men ] out of Israel ; and two thousand are with Saul in Michmash , and in the hill-country of Beth-El ; and a thousand have been with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin ; and the remnant of the people he hath sent each to his tents . ylt @1Samuel:13:3 @And Jonathan smiteth the garrison of the Philistines which [is ] in Geba , and the Philistines hear , and Saul hath blown with a trumpet through all the land , saying , 'Let the Hebrews hear .' ylt @1Samuel:13:4 @And all Israel have heard , saying , 'Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines ,' and also , 'Israel hath been abhorred by the Philistines ;' and the people are called after Saul to Gilgal . ylt @1Samuel:13:5 @And the Philistines have been gathered to fight with Israel ; thirty thousand chariots , and six thousand horsemen , and a people as the sand which [is ] on the sea-shore for multitude ; and they come up and encamp in Michmash , east of Beth-Aven . ylt @1Samuel:13:6 @And the men of Israel have seen that they are distressed , that the people hath been oppressed , and the people hide themselves in caves , and in thickets , and in rocks , and in high places , and in pits . ylt @1Samuel:13:7 @And Hebrews have passed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead ; and Saul [is ] yet in Gilgal , and all the people have trembled after him . ylt @1Samuel:13:8 @And he waiteth seven days , according to the appointment with Samuel , and Samuel hath not come to Gilgal , and the people are scattered from off him . ylt @1Samuel:13:9 @And Saul saith , 'Bring nigh unto me the burnt-offering , and the peace-offerings ;' and he causeth the burnt-offering to ascend . ylt @1Samuel:13:10 @And it cometh to pass at his completing to cause the burnt-offering to ascend , that lo , Samuel hath come , and Saul goeth out to meet him , to bless him ; ylt @1Samuel:13:11 @and Samuel saith , 'What hast thou done ?' And Saul saith , 'Because I saw that the people were scattered from off me , and thou hadst not come at the appointment of the days , and the Philistines are gathered to Michmash , ylt @1Samuel:13:12 @and I say , Now do the Philistines come down unto me to Gilgal , and the face of Jehovah I have not appeased ; and I force myself , and cause the burnt-offering to ascend .' ylt @1Samuel:13:13 @And Samuel saith unto Saul , 'Thou hast been foolish ; thou hast not kept the command of Jehovah thy God , which He commanded thee , for now had Jehovah established thy kingdom over Israel unto the age ; ylt @1Samuel:13:14 @and , now , thy kingdom doth not stand , Jehovah hath sought for Himself a man according to His own heart , and Jehovah chargeth him for leader over His people , for thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee .' ylt @1Samuel:13:15 @And Samuel riseth , and goeth up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin ; and Saul inspecteth the people who are found with him , about six hundred men , ylt @1Samuel:13:16 @and Saul , and Jonathan his son , and the people who are found with them , are abiding in Gibeah of Benjamin , and the Philistines have encamped in Michmash . ylt @1Samuel:13:17 @And the destroyer goeth out from the camp of the Philistines -- three detachments ; the one detachment turneth unto the way of Ophrah , unto the land of Shual ; ylt @1Samuel:13:18 @and the one detachment turneth the way of Beth-Horon , and the one detachment turneth the way of the border which is looking on the valley of the Zeboim , toward the wilderness . ylt @1Samuel:13:19 @And an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel , for the Philistines said , 'Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear ;' ylt @1Samuel:13:20 @and all Israel go down to the Philistines , to sharpen each his ploughshare , and his coulter , and his axe , and his mattock ; ylt @1Samuel:13:21 @and there hath been the file for mattocks , and for coulters , and for three-pronged rakes , and for the axes , and to set up the goads . ylt @1Samuel:13:22 @And it hath been , in the day of battle , that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who [are ] with Saul and with Jonathan -- and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son . ylt @1Samuel:13:23 @And the station of the Philistines goeth out unto the passage of Michmash .

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