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1. A son of a year is Saul in his reigning, yea, two years he hath reigned 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 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.
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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 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.`
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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 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.
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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 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.
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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 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.
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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 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.
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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 waiteth seven days, according to the appointment with Samuel, and Samuel hath not come to Gilgal, and the people are scattered from off 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 saith, `Bring nigh unto me the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings;` and he causeth the burnt-offering to ascend.
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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 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;
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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 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,
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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. 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.`
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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 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;
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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. 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.`
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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 riseth, and goeth up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin; and Saul inspecteth the people who are 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 Jonathan his son, and the people who are found with them, are abiding in Gibeah of Benjamin, and the Philistines have encamped 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 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;
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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 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.
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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 an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, `Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear;`
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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 go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;
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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 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.
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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 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.
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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 station of the Philistines goeth out unto the passage 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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