Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Saul was
thirty
years
old
when
he
became
king
, and
he reigned over Israel forty-two
years.
A
son
of
a
year
`is'
Saul in
his
reigning
, yea,
two
years
he hath
reigned over Israel ,
He
chose
for himself three thousand men of Israel :
Two thousand were
with Saul at
Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel,
and a thousand were
with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin .
And the rest
of the troops
he sent away,
each to his own
home
.
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
.
Then
Jonathan attacked
the Philistine
outpost
at
Geba, and the Philistines heard
about
it.
So
Saul blew
the
ram’s
horn
throughout
the land, saying, “
Let the Hebrews hear !”
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 .'
And all Israel heard the
news:
“
Saul has
attacked
an
outpost
of the Philistines, and now
Israel has
become
a
stench
to
the Philistines !”
Then
the people were
summoned
to
join
Saul at
Gilgal.
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.
Now
the Philistines assembled
to fight against
Israel
with three
thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops
as
numerous
as the sand on the seashore.
They went
up and camped
at
Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
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.
Seeing
that
they
were
in
danger
because
their
troops
were
hard-pressed,
the men of Israel hid
in caves and thickets, among
the
rocks, and in cellars
and cisterns
.
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
.
Some
Hebrews even
crossed
the Jordan into
the land of Gad and Gilead .
Saul ,
however,
remained
at
Gilgal, and all his
troops
were
quaking
in
fear
.
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
.
And Saul
waited
seven days for
the time
appointed
by
Samuel, but
Samuel did
not come to Gilgal, and the troops
began
to
desert
Saul
.
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
.
So
he
said
, “
Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings .”
And he offered
up
the burnt offering.
And
Saul
saith
, `
Bring nigh
unto
me the burnt -
offering ,
and the peace -
offerings ;'
and he causeth
the burnt -
offering to
ascend
.
Just
as
he
finished
offering
the burnt offering, Samuel arrived
, and Saul went
out to greet
him .
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;
“
What have
you
done? ”
Samuel
asked.
And Saul replied
, “When
I saw that the troops
were deserting
me, and that
you
did
not come at the appointed
time
and the Philistines were
gathering
at
Michmash,
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,
I thought
, ‘
Now the Philistines will
descend
upon
me at
Gilgal, and I have not sought
the
favor
of
the
LORD.’
So
I felt
compelled
to
offer
the burnt offering. ”
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
. '
“You
have
acted
foolishly,”
Samuel declared.
“You
have
not kept the command that
the
LORD
your
God gave
you;
if
you
had
, the
LORD
would
have
established your
kingdom over Israel for
all
time.
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;
But
now your
kingdom will
not endure;
the
LORD
has
sought a man after
His own heart and appointed
him ruler
over His people, because
you
have
not kept the
command
of
the
LORD
. ”
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
. '
Then
Samuel set
out
from
Gilgal
and went
up to Gibeah in
Benjamin .
And Saul numbered
the troops
who were
with him, about six hundred men .
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 ,
Now
Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops
with them were
staying
in Geba
of Benjamin, while
the Philistines camped
at
Michmash.
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.
And raiders
went
out of
the Philistine
camp in
three divisions.
One headed
toward
Ophrah in
the land of Shual ,
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 ;
another
toward
Beth-horon, and the third
down
the border road
overlooking
the Valley of Zeboim facing
the wilderness.
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.
And no
blacksmith
could
be
found in all the land of Israel, because
the Philistines had
said, “
The Hebrews must
not
be
allowed
to
make swords
or spears.”
And an
artificer
is
not
found in all the land of Israel, for
the Philistines said, `Lest
the Hebrews make sword
or spear;'
Instead,
all the
Israelites
would
go down to the Philistines to sharpen their
plowshares
, mattocks
, axes
, and sickles.
and
all Israel
go down to the Philistines ,
to sharpen each
his
ploughshare
, and
his
coulter
, and
his
axe
, and his
mattock;
The charge
was
a
pim
for sharpening
a
plowshare
or
mattock
, a
third
of
a
shekel
for sharpening
a
pitchfork
or
an
axe
, and a
third
of
a
shekel
for repointing
an
oxgoad
.
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
.
So
on
the day of battle not a
sword or
spear could
be
found
in the hands
of the troops
with Saul and Jonathan ;
only
Saul and his son Jonathan
had
weapons
.
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.
And a
garrison
of the Philistines had
gone
out to
the pass
at
Michmash.
And the
station
of the Philistines goeth
out unto
the passage
of
Michmash.
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