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Saul chose three thousand out of Israel; two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; the rest of the people he sent home to their tents.(A)

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Saul chose three thousand men from Israel; two thousand(A) were with him at Mikmash(B) and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah(C) in Benjamin. The rest of the men he sent back to their homes.

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26 Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went warriors whose hearts God had touched.(A)

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26 Saul also went to his home in Gibeah,(A) accompanied by valiant men(B) whose hearts God had touched.

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31 After they had struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon, the troops were very faint,

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31 That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Mikmash(A) to Aijalon,(B) they were exhausted.

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The Philistines mustered to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and troops like the sand on the seashore in multitude; they came up and encamped at Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.(A)

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The Philistines assembled(A) to fight Israel, with three thousand[a] chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand(B) on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash,(C) east of Beth Aven.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:5 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew thirty thousand

Jonathan Surprises and Routs the Philistines

23 Now a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass of Michmash.

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Jonathan Attacks the Philistines

23 Now a detachment of Philistines had gone out to the pass(A) at Mikmash.(B)

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28     he has come to Aiath;
he has passed through Migron;
    at Michmash he stores his baggage;(A)
29 they have crossed over the pass;
    at Geba they lodge for the night;
Ramah trembles;
    Gibeah of Saul has fled.(B)

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28 They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;(A)
    they store supplies(B) at Mikmash.(C)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.(D)
Ramah(E) trembles;
    Gibeah(F) of Saul flees.(G)

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let seven of his sons be handed over to us, and we will impale them before the Lord at Gibeon on the mountain of the Lord.”[a] The king said, “I will hand them over.”

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Footnotes

  1. 21.6 Cn Compare: Heb at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord

let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed(A) before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul—the Lord’s chosen(B) one.”

So the king said, “I will give them to you.”

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34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul.(A)

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34 Then Samuel left for Ramah,(A) but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah(B) of Saul.

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52 There was hard fighting against the Philistines all the days of Saul, and when Saul saw any strong or valiant warrior, he took him into his service.(A)

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52 All the days of Saul there was bitter war with the Philistines, and whenever Saul saw a mighty or brave man, he took(A) him into his service.

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One crag rose on the north in front of Michmash and the other on the south in front of Geba.

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One cliff stood to the north toward Mikmash, the other to the south toward Geba.(A)

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11 He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots,(A)

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11 He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take(A) your sons and make them serve(B) with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.(C)

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12 But his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into a city of foreigners, who do not belong to the people of Israel, but we will continue on to Gibeah.”(A)

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12 His master replied, “No. We won’t go into any city whose people are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”

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28 Zela, Haeleph, Jebus[a] (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah,[b] and Kiriath-jearim[c]—fourteen towns with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin according to its families.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 18.28 Gk Syr Vg: Heb the Jebusite
  2. 18.28 Heb Gibeath
  3. 18.28 Gk: Heb Kiriath

28 Zelah,(A) Haeleph, the Jebusite city(B) (that is, Jerusalem(C)), Gibeah(D) and Kiriath—fourteen towns and their villages.(E)

This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.(F)

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