1 Saul 7586 reigned 4427 one year 1121 8141; and when he had reigned 4427 two 8147 years 8141 over Israel 3478,
2 Saul 7586 chose 977 him three 7969 thousand 505 men of Israel 3478; whereof two thousand 505 were with Saul 7586 in Michmash 4363 and in mount 2022 Bethel 1008, and a thousand 505 were with Jonathan 3129 in Gibeah 1390 of Benjamin 1144: and the rest 3499 of the people 5971 he sent 7971 every man 376 to his tent 168.
3 And Jonathan 3129 smote 5221 the garrison 5333 of the Philistines 6430 that was in Geba 1387, and the Philistines 6430 heard 8085 of it. And Saul 7586 blew 8628 the trumpet 7782 throughout all the land 776, saying 559, Let the Hebrews 5680 hear 8085.
4 And all Israel 3478 heard 8085 say 559 that Saul 7586 had smitten 5221 a garrison 5333 of the Philistines 6430, and that Israel 3478 also was had in abomination 887 with the Philistines 6430. And the people 5971 were called together 6817 after 310 Saul 7586 to Gilgal 1537.
5 And the Philistines 6430 gathered themselves together 622 to fight 3898 with Israel 3478, thirty 7970 thousand 505 chariots 7393, and six 8337 thousand 505 horsemen 6571, and people 5971 as the sand 2344 which is on the sea 3220 shore 8193 in multitude 7230: and they came up 5927, and pitched 2583 in Michmash 4363, eastward 6926 from Bethaven 1007.
6 When the men 376 of Israel 3478 saw 7200 that they were in a strait 6887, (for the people 5971 were distressed 5065,) then the people 5971 did hide 2244 themselves in caves 4631, and in thickets 2337, and in rocks 5553, and in high places 6877, and in pits 953.
7 And some of the Hebrews 5680 went over 5674 Jordan 3383 to the land 776 of Gad 1410 and Gilead 1568. As for Saul 7586, he was yet in Gilgal 1537, and all the people 5971 followed 310 him trembling 2729.
8 And he tarried 3176 3176 seven 7651 days 3117, according to the set time 4150 that Samuel 8050 had appointed: but Samuel 8050 came 935 not to Gilgal 1537; and the people 5971 were scattered 6327 from him.
9 And Saul 7586 said 559, Bring hither 5066 a burnt offering 5930 to me, and peace offerings 8002. And he offered 5927 the burnt offering 5930.
10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end 3615 of offering 5927 the burnt offering 5930, behold, Samuel 8050 came 935; and Saul 7586 went out 3318 to meet 7125 him, that he might salute 1288 him.
11 And Samuel 8050 said 559, What hast thou done 6213? And Saul 7586 said 559, Because I saw 7200 that the people 5971 were scattered 5310 from me, and that thou camest 935 not within the days 3117 appointed 4150, and that the Philistines 6430 gathered themselves together 622 at Michmash 4363;
12 Therefore said 559 I, The Philistines 6430 will come down 3381 now upon me to Gilgal 1537, and I have not made supplication 2470 unto 6440 the LORD 3068: I forced 662 myself therefore, and offered 5927 a burnt offering 5930.
13 And Samuel 8050 said 559 to Saul 7586, Thou hast done foolishly 5528: thou hast not kept 8104 the commandment 4687 of the LORD 3068 thy God 430, which he commanded 6680 thee: for now would the LORD 3068 have established 3559 thy kingdom 4467 upon Israel 3478 for 5704 ever 5769.
14 But now thy kingdom 4467 shall not continue 6965: the LORD 3068 hath sought 1245 him a man 376 after his own heart 3824, and the LORD 3068 hath commanded 6680 him to be captain 5057 over his people 5971, because thou hast not kept 8104 that which the LORD 3068 commanded 6680 thee.
15 And Samuel 8050 arose 6965, and gat him up 5927 from Gilgal 1537 unto Gibeah 1390 of Benjamin 1144. And Saul 7586 numbered 6485 the people 5971 that were present 4672 with him, about six 8337 hundred 3967 men 376.
16 And Saul 7586, and Jonathan 3129 his son 1121, and the people 5971 that were present 4672 with them, abode 3427 in Gibeah 1387 of Benjamin 1144: but the Philistines 6430 encamped 2583 in Michmash 4363.
17 And the spoilers 7843 came out 3318 of the camp 4264 of the Philistines 6430 in three 7969 companies 7218: one 259 company 7218 turned 6437 unto the way 1870 that leadeth to Ophrah 6084, unto the land 776 of Shual 7777:
18 And another 259 company 7218 turned 6437 the way 1870 to Bethhoron 1032: and another 259 company 7218 turned 6437 to the way 1870 of the border 1366 that looketh 8259 to the valley 1516 of Zeboim 6650 toward the wilderness 4057.
19 Now there was no smith 2796 found 4672 throughout all the land 776 of Israel 3478: for the Philistines 6430 said 559, Lest the Hebrews 5680 make 6213 them swords 2719 or spears 2595:
20 But all the Israelites 3478 went down 3381 to the Philistines 6430, to sharpen 3913 every man 376 his share 4282, and his coulter 855, and his axe 7134, and his mattock 4281.
21 Yet they had a file 6477 6310 for the mattocks 4281, and for the coulters 855, and for the forks 7969 7053, and for the axes 7134, and to sharpen 5324 the goads 1861.
22 So it came to pass in the day 3117 of battle 4421, that there was neither sword 2719 nor spear 2595 found 4672 in the hand 3027 of any of the people 5971 that were with Saul 7586 and Jonathan 3129: but with Saul 7586 and with Jonathan 3129 his son 1121 was there found 4672.
23 And the garrison 4673 of the Philistines 6430 went out 3318 to the passage 4569 of Michmash 4363.