<vn='1'><sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="1121">one</s><sn="8141">year</s>; and when he had <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="977">chose</s> him <sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s> men of <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s>; whereof two <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> in <sn="4363">Michmash</s> and in <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="1008">Bethel</s>, and a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="3083">Jonathan</s> in <sn="1390">Gibeah</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>: and the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> he <sn="7971">sent</s> every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="168">tent</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="3083">Jonathan</s><sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5333">garrison</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="834">that</s> was in <sn="1387">Geba</s>, and the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="8085">heard</s> of it. And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="8628">blew</s> the <sn="7782">trumpet</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Let the <sn="5680">Hebrews</s><sn="8085">hear</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="559">say</s> that <sn="7586">Saul</s> had <sn="5221">smitten</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="5333">garrison</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and that <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1571">also</s> was had in <sn="887">abomination</s> with the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>. And the <sn="5971">people</s> were called <sn="6817">together</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> to <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> gathered themselves <sn="622">together</s> to <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="7970">thirty</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="7393">chariots</s>, and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="6571">horsemen</s>, and <sn="5971">people</s> as the <sn="2344">sand</s><sn="834">which</s> is <sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="3220">sea</s><sn="8193">shore</s> in <sn="7230">multitude</s>: and they came <sn="5927">up</s>, and <sn="2583">pitched</s> in <sn="4363">Michmash</s>, <sn="6926">eastward</s> from <sn="1007">Beth</s> -aven. </v>
<vn='6'>When the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> they were in a <sn="6887">strait</s>, ( <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> were <sn="5065">distressed</s>,) then the <sn="5971">people</s> did hide <sn="2244">themselves</s> in <sn="4631">caves</s>, and in <sn="2337">thickets</s>, and in <sn="5553">rocks</s>, and in high <sn="6877">places</s>, and in <sn="953">pits</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And some of the <sn="5680">Hebrews</s> went <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s> to the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s> and <sn="1568">Gilead</s>. As for <sn="7586">Saul</s>, he was <sn="5750">yet</s> in <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="310">followed</s> him <sn="2729">trembling</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And he <sn="3176">tarried</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s>, according to the set <sn="4150">time</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s> had appointed: but <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="3808">not</s> to <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>; and the <sn="5971">people</s> were <sn="6327">scattered</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> him. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s>, Bring <sn="5066">hither</s> a burnt <sn="5930">offering</s><sn="413">to</s> me, and peace <sn="8002">offerings</s>. And he <sn="5927">offered</s> the burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that as soon as he had made an <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="5927">offering</s> the burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="935">came</s>; and <sn="7586">Saul</s> went <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> him, that he might <sn="1288">salute</s> him. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> hast thou <sn="6213">done</s>? And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3588">Because</s> I <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> were <sn="5310">scattered</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> me, and that <sn="859">thou</s><sn="935">camest</s><sn="3808">not</s> within the <sn="3117">days</s><sn="4150">appointed</s>, and that the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> gathered themselves <sn="622">together</s> at <sn="4363">Michmash</s>; </v>
<vn='12'>Therefore <sn="559">said</s> I, The <sn="6430">Philistines</s> will come <sn="3381">down</s><sn="6258">now</s><sn="413">upon</s> me to <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>, and I have <sn="3808">not</s> made <sn="2470">supplication</s><sn="6440">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: I forced <sn="662">myself</s> therefore, and <sn="5927">offered</s> a burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, Thou hast done <sn="5528">foolishly</s>: thou hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8104">kept</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4687">commandment</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="6680">commanded</s> thee: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="6258">now</s> would the <sn="3068">LORD</s> have <sn="3559">established</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="4467">kingdom</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>But <sn="6258">now</s> thy <sn="4467">kingdom</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6965">continue</s>: the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1245">sought</s> him a <sn="376">man</s> after his own <sn="3824">heart</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="6680">commanded</s> him to be <sn="5057">captain</s><sn="5921">over</s> his <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> thou hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8104">kept</s> that <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6680">commanded</s> thee. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and got him <sn="5927">up</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="1537">Gilgal</s> unto <sn="1390">Gibeah</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>. And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="6485">numbered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> that were <sn="4672">present</s><sn="5973">with</s> him, about <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s>, and <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> his <sn="1121">son</s>, and the <sn="5971">people</s> that were <sn="4672">present</s><sn="5973">with</s> them, <sn="3427">abode</s> in <sn="1387">Gibeah</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>: but the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="2583">encamped</s> in <sn="4363">Michmash</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="7843">spoilers</s> came <sn="3318">out</s> of the <sn="4480 4264">camp</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> in <sn="7969">three</s><sn="7218">companies</s>: <sn="259">one</s><sn="7218">company</s><sn="6437">turned</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> that leadeth to <sn="6084">Ophrah</s>, <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="7777">Shual</s>: </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="259">another</s><sn="7218">company</s><sn="6437">turned</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> to <sn="1032">Beth</s> -horon: and <sn="259">another</s><sn="7218">company</s><sn="6437">turned</s> to the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="1366">border</s> that <sn="8259">looketh</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="1516">valley</s> of <sn="6650">Zeboim</s> toward the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Now there was <sn="3808">no</s><sn="2796">blacksmith</s><sn="4672">found</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6435">Lest</s> the <sn="5680">Hebrews</s><sn="6213">make</s> them <sn="2719">swords</s><sn="176">or</s><sn="2595">spears</s>: </v>
<vn='20'>But <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3478">Israelites</s> went <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, to <sn="3913">sharpen</s> every <sn="376">man</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="4282">share</s>, and his <sn="855">colter</s>, and his <sn="7134">axe</s>, and his <sn="4281">mattock</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Yet they <sn="1961">had</s> a <sn="6477 6310">file</s> for the <sn="4281">mattocks</s>, and for the <sn="855">colters</s>, and for the <sn="7969 7053">forks</s>, and for the <sn="7134">axes</s>, and to <sn="5324">sharpen</s> the <sn="1861">goads</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>So it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="4421">battle</s>, that there was <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="2719">sword</s> nor <sn="2595">spear</s><sn="4672">found</s> in the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="3605">any</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> and <sn="3083">Jonathan</s>: but with <sn="7586">Saul</s> and with <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> his <sn="1121">son</s> was there <sn="4672">found</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And the <sn="4673">garrison</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4569">passage</s> of <sn="4363">Michmash</s>. </v>