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When Saul had reigned one year ,
and two years he reigned over Israel ,
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Saul chose for himself three thousand men out of Israel ;
and there were with Saul two thousand in Michmash and on the mountain of Beth
el ,
and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gib
ah of Benjamin :
and the rest of the people he sent away every man to his tents .
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And Jonathan smote the outpost of the Philistines that was at Geba ,
and the Philistines heard of it .
And Saul blew the cornet throughout all the land ,
saying ,
Let the Hebrews hear it .
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And all Israel heard it ,
saying ,
Saul hath smitten the outpost of the Philistines ,
and the Israelites also have put themselves in ill
favor with the Philistines .
And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal .
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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 encamped in Michmash ,
eastward from Bethaven .
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And when the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait ,
then did the people hide themselves in caves ,
and in thickets ,
and in rocks ,
and in strongholds ,
and in pits .
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And some of the Hebrews passed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gil
ad .
As for Saul ,
he was still in Gilgal ,
and all the people followed him hastily .
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And he tarried seven days ,
according to the set time that Samuel had appointed ;
but Samuel came not to Gilgal ;
and the people were scattering themselves from him .
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And Saul said ,
Bring hither to me the burnt
offering and the peace
offerings .
And he offered the burnt
offering .
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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 greet him .
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And Samuel said ,
What hast thou done :
And Saul said ,
Because I saw that the people were scattering themselves from me ,
whereas thou camest not at the appointed day ,
and the Philistines are gathering themselves together at Michmash ;
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And I said ,
The Philistines will now come down unto me to Gilgal ,
and I have not yet made supplication unto the Lord :
wherefore I forced myself ,
and offered the burnt
offering .
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And Samuel said to Saul ,
Thou hast done foolishly :
thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God ,
which he had commanded thee ;
for now would the Lord have established thy government over Israel for ever .
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But now thy government shall not endure :
the Lord hath sought out for himself a man after his own heart ,
and the Lord hath ordained him to be chief over his people ;
because thou hast not kept what the Lord had commanded thee .
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And Samuel arose ,
and went up from Gilgal unto Gib
ah of Benjamin .
And Saul numbered the people that were to be found with him ,
about six hundred men .