1 Samuel
1 Samuel 13
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1 Samuel 13 — Scripture text (King James Version)
reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over , chose him three thousand men of ; whereof two thousand were with in and in mount , and a thousand were with in of : and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. And smote the garrison of the that was in , and the heard of it. And blew the throughout all the land, saying, Let the hear. And all heard say that had smitten a garrison of the , and that also was had in abomination with the . And the people were called together after to . And the gathered themselves together to fight with , thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in , eastward from -aven. When the men of saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. And some of the went over to the land of and . As for , he was yet in , and all the people followed him trembling. And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that had appointed: but came not to ; and the people were scattered from him. And said, Bring hither a to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the . And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the , behold, came; and went out to meet him, that he might salute him. And said, What hast thou done? And said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the gathered themselves together at ; Therefore said I, The will come down now upon me to , and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a . And said to , Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee. And arose, and gat him up from unto of . And numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. And , and his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in of : but the encamped in . And the spoilers came out of the camp of the in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to , unto the land of : And another company turned the way to -horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of toward the wilderness. Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of : for the said, Lest the make them swords or spears: But all the went down to the , to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither nor found in the hand of any of the people that were with and : but with and with his son was there found. And the garrison of the went out to the passage of .