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1 Samuel 13:13-23
New American Standard Bible
1 Samuel 13:13-23
New American Standard Bible
13 But Samuel said to Saul, “(A)You have acted foolishly! (B)You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for the Lord would now have established your kingdom [a]over Israel (C)forever. 14 But (D)now your kingdom shall not endure. (E)The Lord has sought for Himself a man [b]after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
15 Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to (F)Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul [c]counted the people who were [d]present with him, (G)about six hundred men. 16 Now Saul, his son Jonathan, and the people who were [e]present with them were staying in (H)Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash. 17 Then (I)[f]raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three [g]companies: one [h]company turned [i]toward (J)Ophrah, to the land of Shual, 18 and another [j]company turned [k]toward (K)Beth-horon, and another [l]company turned [m]toward the border that overlooks the Valley of (L)Zeboim toward the wilderness.
19 Now (M)no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make [n](N)swords or spears.” 20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe. 21 The charge was [o]two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to fix the [p]cattle goads. 22 So it came about on the day of battle that (O)neither sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan. 23 And (P)the garrison of the Philistines went out to (Q)the gorge of Michmash.
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- 1 Samuel 13:13 Lit to
- 1 Samuel 13:14 Lit like His
- 1 Samuel 13:15 Lit mustered
- 1 Samuel 13:15 Lit found
- 1 Samuel 13:16 Lit found
- 1 Samuel 13:17 Lit destroyers
- 1 Samuel 13:17 Lit heads
- 1 Samuel 13:17 Lit head
- 1 Samuel 13:17 Lit to the way of
- 1 Samuel 13:18 Lit head
- 1 Samuel 13:18 Lit the way of
- 1 Samuel 13:18 Lit head
- 1 Samuel 13:18 Lit the way of
- 1 Samuel 13:19 Lit sword or spear
- 1 Samuel 13:21 Heb pim
- 1 Samuel 13:21 I.e., spiked sticks for driving cattle
1 Samuel 13:13-23
New International Version
1 Samuel 13:13-23
New International Version
13 “You have done a foolish thing,(A)” Samuel said. “You have not kept(B) the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.(C) 14 But now your kingdom(D) will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart(E) and appointed(F) him ruler(G) of his people, because you have not kept(H) the Lord’s command.”
15 Then Samuel left Gilgal[a] and went up to Gibeah(I) in Benjamin, and Saul counted the men who were with him. They numbered about six hundred.(J)
Israel Without Weapons
16 Saul and his son Jonathan and the men with them were staying in Gibeah[b](K) in Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Mikmash. 17 Raiding(L) parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah(M) in the vicinity of Shual, 18 another toward Beth Horon,(N) and the third toward the borderland overlooking the Valley of Zeboyim(O) facing the wilderness.
19 Not a blacksmith(P) could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!(Q)” 20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plow points, mattocks, axes and sickles[c] sharpened. 21 The price was two-thirds of a shekel[d] for sharpening plow points and mattocks, and a third of a shekel[e] for sharpening forks and axes and for repointing goads.
22 So on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan(R) had a sword or spear(S) in his hand; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
Jonathan Attacks the Philistines
23 Now a detachment of Philistines had gone out to the pass(T) at Mikmash.(U)
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 13:15 Hebrew; Septuagint Gilgal and went his way; the rest of the people went after Saul to meet the army, and they went out of Gilgal
- 1 Samuel 13:16 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts Geba, a variant of Gibeah
- 1 Samuel 13:20 Septuagint; Hebrew plow points
- 1 Samuel 13:21 That is, about 1/4 ounce or about 8 grams
- 1 Samuel 13:21 That is, about 1/8 ounce or about 4 grams
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