1 Samuel 13 (NET)

1 Samuel 13:1¹Saul was [thirty] years old when he began to reign; he ruled over Israel for [forty] years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 12:5Mic 6:6

1 Samuel 13:2²Saul selected for himself 3,000 men from Israel. Of these 2,000 were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; the remaining 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. He sent all the rest of the people back home.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 10:261 Sam 13:51 Sam 14:311 Sam 13:231 Sam 14:51 Sam 14:521 Sam 15:341 Sam 8:112 Sam 21:6Isa 10:28-29

1 Samuel 13:3³Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted all the land saying, “Let the Hebrews pay attention!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 10:5Judg 3:27Judg 6:341 Sam 13:161 Sam 14:1-62 Sam 2:282 Sam 20:12 Sam 23:14Isa 10:29Josh 18:24

1 Samuel 13:4⁴All Israel heard this message, “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 34:30Exod 5:211 Sam 10:81 Sam 11:14-15Gen 46:34Josh 5:9Zech 11:8

1 Samuel 13:5⁵Meanwhile the Philistines gathered to battle with Israel. Then they went up against Israel with 3,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and an army as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 14:23Josh 11:4Josh 18:122 Chr 1:9Gen 22:17Hos 10:5Hos 4:15Hos 5:8Isa 48:19Jer 15:8

1 Samuel 13:6⁶The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, and cisterns.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 6:2Heb 11:381 Sam 14:111 Sam 23:191 Sam 24:32 Sam 24:14Exod 14:10-12Isa 42:22Josh 8:20Judg 10:9

1 Samuel 13:7⁷Some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan River to the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul stayed at Gilgal; the entire army that was with him was terrified.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 20:8Deut 28:25Deut 3:12Hos 11:10-11Josh 13:24-31Judg 7:3Lev 26:17Lev 26:36-37Num 32:1-5Num 32:33-42

1 Samuel 13:8⁸He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 10:8

1 Samuel 13:9⁹So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” Then he offered a burnt offering.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 3:4Prov 21:27Prov 15:8Prov 21:31 Sam 13:12-131 Sam 14:181 Sam 15:21-222 Sam 24:25Deut 12:6Isa 66:3

1 Samuel 13:10¹⁰Just when he had finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel appeared on the scene. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 15:13Ps 129:8Ruth 2:4

1 Samuel 13:11¹¹But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me, and that you didn’t come at the appointed time, and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 13:161 Sam 13:21 Sam 13:231 Sam 13:52 Kgs 5:25Gen 3:13Gen 4:101 Sam 14:52 Sam 3:24Isa 10:28

1 Samuel 13:12¹²I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the Lord ’s favor.’ So I felt obligated to offer the burnt offering.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 12:26-272 Cor 9:7Amos 8:5Ps 66:31 Sam 21:7

1 Samuel 13:13¹³Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the Lord your God gave you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 15:222 Chr 16:91 Sam 15:281 Sam 15:111 Kgs 18:181 Kgs 21:202 Chr 25:15-16Ps 50:8-152 Chr 19:22 Sam 12:7-9

1 Samuel 13:14¹⁴But now your kingdom will not continue. The Lord has sought out for himself a man who is loyal to him, and the Lord has appointed him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:221 Sam 15:28Ps 89:19-37Ps 78:701 Sam 16:1Acts 7:461 Sam 16:121 Sam 2:301 Sam 9:162 Kgs 20:5

1 Samuel 13:15¹⁵Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about 600 men.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 13:21 Sam 14:21 Sam 13:6-7

1 Samuel 13:16¹⁶Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 13:3

1 Samuel 13:17¹⁷Raiding bands went out from the camp of the Philistines in three groups. One band turned toward the road leading to Ophrah by the land of Shual;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 18:231 Sam 14:151 Sam 11:11Josh 19:3

1 Samuel 13:18¹⁸another band turned toward the road leading to Beth Horon; and yet another band turned toward the road leading to the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboyim in the direction of the desert.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 11:34Josh 18:13-14Josh 16:31 Chr 6:682 Chr 8:5Gen 14:2Hos 11:8Josh 10:11Josh 16:5

1 Samuel 13:19¹⁹A blacksmith could not be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, “This will prevent the Hebrews from making swords and spears.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 24:14Jer 24:1Judg 5:8Isa 54:16

1 Samuel 13:20²⁰So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, axes, and sickles sharpened.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Samuel 13:21²¹They charged two-thirds of a shekel to sharpen plowshares and cutting instruments, and one-third of a shekel to sharpen picks and axes, and to set ox goads.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Samuel 13:22²²So on the day of the battle no sword or spear was to be found in the hand of anyone in the army that was with Saul and Jonathan. No one but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 5:81 Cor 1:27-291 Sam 17:471 Sam 17:502 Cor 4:7Zech 4:6

1 Samuel 13:23²³A garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Micmash.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 10:281 Sam 14:11 Sam 14:4-51 Sam 13:2-31 Sam 13:52 Sam 23:14