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1. It was one year since Saul became king, then he reigned two more years over Israel.
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1. Saul H7586 reigned H4427 one H1121 year H8141 ; and when he had reigned H4427 two H8147 years H8141 over H5921 Israel H3478 ,
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2. 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.
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2. Saul H7586 chose H977 him three H7969 thousand H505 men of Israel H4480 H3478 ; whereof two thousand H505 were H1961 with H5973 Saul H7586 in Michmash H4363 and in mount H2022 Bethel H1008 , and a thousand H505 were H1961 with H5973 Jonathan H3083 in Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin H1144 : and the rest H3499 of the people H5971 he sent H7971 every man H376 to his tent H168 .
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3. 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.
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3. And Jonathan H3083 smote H5221 H853 the garrison H5333 of the Philistines H6430 that H834 was in Geba H1387 , and the Philistines H6430 heard H8085 of it . And Saul H7586 blew H8628 the trumpet H7782 throughout all H3605 the land H776 , saying H559 , Let the Hebrews H5680 hear H8085 .
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4. 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.
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4. And all H3605 Israel H3478 heard H8085 say H559 that Saul H7586 had smitten H5221 H853 a garrison H5333 of the Philistines H6430 , and that Israel H3478 also H1571 was had in abomination H887 with the Philistines H6430 . And the people H5971 were called together H6817 after H310 Saul H7586 to Gilgal H1537 .
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5. 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.
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5. And the Philistines H6430 gathered themselves together H622 to fight H3898 with H5973 Israel H3478 , thirty H7970 thousand H505 chariots H7393 , and six H8337 thousand H505 horsemen H6571 , and people H5971 as the sand H2344 which H834 is on H5921 the sea H3220 shore H8193 in multitude H7230 : and they came up H5927 , and pitched H2583 in Michmash H4363 , eastward H6926 from Beth H1007 -aven.
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6. And the men of Israel saw that they were distressing to them, for the people were distressed. And the people hid themselves in caves, and in crevices, and in crags, and in tombs, and in cisterns.
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6. When the men H376 of Israel H3478 saw H7200 that H3588 they were in a strait H6887 , ( for H3588 the people H5971 were distressed H5065 ,) then the people H5971 did hide themselves H2244 in caves H4631 , and in thickets H2337 , and in rocks H5553 , and in high places H6877 , and in pits H953 .
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7. 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.
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7. And some of the Hebrews H5680 went over H5674 H853 Jordan H3383 to the land H776 of Gad H1410 and Gilead H1568 . As for Saul H7586 , he was yet H5750 in Gilgal H1537 , and all H3605 the people H5971 followed H310 him trembling H2729 .
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8. 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.
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8. And he tarried H3176 seven H7651 days H3117 , according to the set time H4150 that H834 Samuel H8050 had appointed : but Samuel H8050 came H935 not H3808 to Gilgal H1537 ; and the people H5971 were scattered H6327 from H4480 H5921 him.
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9. And Saul said, Bring near to me the burnt offering and the peace offerings. And he offered up the burnt offering.
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9. And Saul H7586 said H559 , Bring hither H5066 a burnt offering H5930 to H413 me , and peace offerings H8002 . And he offered H5927 the burnt offering H5930 .
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10. 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.
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10. And it came to pass H1961 , that as soon as he had made an end H3615 of offering H5927 the burnt offering H5930 , behold H2009 , Samuel H8050 came H935 ; and Saul H7586 went out H3318 to meet H7125 him , that he might salute H1288 him.
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11. 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,
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11. And Samuel H8050 said H559 , What H4100 hast thou done H6213 ? And Saul H7586 said H559 , Because H3588 I saw H7200 that H3588 the people H5971 were scattered H5310 from H4480 H5921 me , and that thou H859 camest H935 not H3808 within the days H3117 appointed H4150 , and that the Philistines H6430 gathered themselves together H622 at Michmash H4363 ;
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12. 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.
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12. Therefore said H559 I , The Philistines H6430 will come down H3381 now H6258 upon H413 me to Gilgal H1537 , and I have not H3808 made supplication H2470 unto H6440 the LORD H3068 : I forced myself H662 therefore , and offered H5927 a burnt offering H5930 .
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13. 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.
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13. And Samuel H8050 said H559 to H413 Saul H7586 , Thou hast done foolishly H5528 : thou hast not H3808 kept H8104 H853 the commandment H4687 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , which H834 he commanded H6680 thee: for H3588 now H6258 would the LORD H3068 have established H3559 H853 thy kingdom H4467 upon H413 Israel H3478 forever H5704 H5769 .
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14. 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.
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14. But now H6258 thy kingdom H4467 shall not H3808 continue H6965 : the LORD H3068 hath sought H1245 him a man H376 after his own heart H3824 , and the LORD H3068 hath commanded H6680 him to be captain H5057 over H5921 his people H5971 , because H3588 thou hast not H3808 kept H8104 that H853 which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 thee.
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15. 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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15. And Samuel H8050 arose H6965 , and got him up H5927 from H4480 Gilgal H1537 unto Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin H1144 . And Saul H7586 numbered H6485 H853 the people H5971 that were present H4672 with H5973 him , about six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 .
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16. And Saul and his son Jonathan, and the people who were found with them, were staying in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the Philistines pitched in Michmash.
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16. And Saul H7586 , and Jonathan H3083 his son H1121 , and the people H5971 that were present H4672 with H5973 them, abode H3427 in Gibeah H1387 of Benjamin H1144 : but the Philistines H6430 encamped H2583 in Michmash H4363 .
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17. And the ones ravaging came out of the Philistine camp in three heads; one head turned to the way to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
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17. And the spoilers H7843 came out H3318 of the camp H4480 H4264 of the Philistines H6430 in three H7969 companies H7218 : one H259 company H7218 turned H6437 unto H413 the way H1870 that leadeth to Ophrah H6084 , unto H413 the land H776 of Shual H7777 :
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18. And another head turned the way to Beth-horon. And another head turned to the way of the border looking down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
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18. And another H259 company H7218 turned H6437 the way H1870 to Beth H1032 -horon : and another H259 company H7218 turned H6437 to the way H1870 of the border H1366 that looketh H8259 to H5921 the valley H1516 of Zeboim H6650 toward the wilderness H4057 .
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19. And there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.
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19. Now there was no H3808 blacksmith H2796 found H4672 throughout all H3605 the land H776 of Israel H3478 : for H3588 the Philistines H6430 said H559 , Lest H6435 the Hebrews H5680 make H6213 them swords H2719 or H176 spears H2595 :
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20. And all Israel went down to the Philistines, each man to sharpen his plowshare, and his mattock, and his axe, and his plowshare.
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20. But all H3605 the Israelites H3478 went down H3381 to the Philistines H6430 , to sharpen H3913 every man H376 H853 his share H4282 , and his colter H855 , and his axe H7134 , and his mattock H4281 .
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21. And the sharpening charge was a pim for the plowshares, and for the mattocks, and for the three pronged forks, and for the axes, and for setting the plowshares.
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21. Yet they had H1961 a file H6477 H6310 for the mattocks H4281 , and for the colters H855 , and for the forks H7969 H7053 , and for the axes H7134 , and to sharpen H5324 the goads H1861 .
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22. And it happened in the day of battle that there was neither sword nor spear in the hand of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan. But one was found with Saul and with his son Jonathan.
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22. So it came to pass H1961 in the day H3117 of battle H4421 , that there was neither H3808 sword H2719 nor spear H2595 found H4672 in the hand H3027 of any H3605 of the people H5971 that H834 were with H854 Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083 : but with Saul H7586 and with Jonathan H3083 his son H1121 was there found H4672 .
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23. And the fort of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
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23. And the garrison H4673 of the Philistines H6430 went out H3318 to H413 the passage H4569 of Michmash H4363 .
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