² 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.

³ Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost^(A) at Geba,^(B) and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul had the trumpet^(C) blown throughout the land and said, “Let the Hebrews hear!”