1Saul was a child of one year when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.stylusExodus 12:5, Micah 6:6, Exodus 12:5, Micah 6:62And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel: and two thousand were with Saul in Machmas, and in mount Bethel: and a thousand with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent back every man to their dwellings.stylus1 Samuel 10:26, 1 Samuel 10:26, 1 Samuel 14:31, 1 Samuel 13:5, 1 Samuel 14:313And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines which was in Gabaa. And when the Philistines had heard of it, Saul sounded the trumpet over all the land, saying: Let the Hebrews hear.stylus1 Samuel 10:5, 1 Samuel 10:5, Judges 3:27, Judges 3:27, Judges 6:344And all Israel heard this report: Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines: and Israel took courage against the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Galgal.stylusGenesis 34:30, Genesis 34:30, Exodus 5:21, Exodus 5:21, Genesis 46:345The Philistines also were assembled to fight against Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a multitude of people besides, like the sand on the seashore for number. And going up they camped in Machmas, at the east of Bethaven.stylusJoshua 11:4, 1 Samuel 14:23, Joshua 11:4, 1 Samuel 14:23, Joshua 18:126And when the men of Israel saw that they were straitened (for the people were distressed), they hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in dens, and in pits.stylusJudges 6:2, Judges 6:2, Hebrews 11:38, Hebrews 11:38, Exodus 14:107And some of the Hebrews passed over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Galaad. And when Saul was yet in Galgal, all the people that followed him were greatly afraid.stylusDeuteronomy 3:12, Deuteronomy 20:8, Leviticus 26:17, Numbers 32:33, Numbers 32:428And he waited seven days, according to the appointment of Samuel, and Samuel came not to Galgal, and the people slipt away from him.stylus1 Samuel 10:8, 1 Samuel 10:89Then Saul said: Bring me the holocaust, and the peace offerings. And he offered the holocaust.stylus1 Kings 3:4, 1 Kings 3:4, Deuteronomy 12:6, Deuteronomy 12:6, Proverbs 15:810And when he had made an end of offering the holocaust, behold Samuel came: and Saul went forth to meet him and salute him.stylus1 Samuel 15:13, 1 Samuel 15:13, Psalms 129:8, Ruth 2:4, Psalms 129:811And Samuel said to him: What hast thou done? Saul answered: Because I saw that the people slipt from me, and thou wast not come according to the days appointed, and the Philistines were gathered together in Machmas,stylus1 Samuel 13:16, 1 Samuel 13:5, 1 Samuel 13:23, 1 Samuel 13:2, 1 Samuel 13:1612I said: Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Galgal, and I have not appeased the face of the Lord. Forced by necessity, I offered the holocaust.stylusPsalms 66:3, 2 Corinthians 9:7, 1 Kings 12:26, 1 Kings 12:27, Amos 8:513And Samuel said to Saul: Thou hast done foolishly, and hast not kept the commandments of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee. And if thou hadst not done thus, the Lord would now have established thy kingdom over Israel for ever:stylus1 Samuel 15:22, 1 Samuel 15:22, 2 Chronicles 16:9, 2 Chronicles 16:9, 1 Samuel 15:2814But thy kingdom shall not continue. The Lord hath sought him a man according to his own heart: and him hath the Lord commanded to be prince over his people, because thou hast not observed that which the Lord commanded.stylusActs 13:22, Acts 13:22, 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Samuel 15:28, Psalms 89:1915And Samuel arose and went up from Galgal to Gabaa of Benjamin. And the rest of the people went up after Saul, to meet the people who fought against them, going from Galgal to Gabaa, in the hill of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people, that were found with him, about six hundred men.stylus1 Samuel 14:2, 1 Samuel 13:2, 1 Samuel 14:2, 1 Samuel 13:2, 1 Samuel 13:616And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, were in Gabaa of Benjamin: But the Philistines encamped in Machmas.stylus1 Samuel 13:3, 1 Samuel 13:317And there went out of the camp of the Philistines three companies to plunder. One company went towards the way of Ephra to the land of Sual;stylusJoshua 18:23, Joshua 18:23, 1 Samuel 14:15, 1 Samuel 14:15, Joshua 19:318And another went by the way of Bethoron, and the third turned to the way of the border, above the valley of Seboim towards the desert.stylusNehemiah 11:34, Nehemiah 11:34, Joshua 18:13, Joshua 18:14, Joshua 18:1319Now there was no smith to be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had taken this precaution, lest the Hebrews should make them swords or spears.stylus2 Kings 24:14, 2 Kings 24:14, Judges 5:8, Jeremiah 24:1, Judges 5:820So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake.stylus21So that their shares, and their spades, and their forks, and their axes, were blunt, even to the goad, which was to be mended.stylus22And when the day of battle was come, there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan, except Saul and Jonathan his son.stylusJudges 5:8, Judges 5:8, 1 Samuel 17:47, Zechariah 4:6, 1 Samuel 17:5023And the army of the Philistines went out in order to advance further in Machmas.stylusIsaiah 10:28, Isaiah 10:28, 1 Samuel 14:1, 1 Samuel 14:4, 1 Samuel 14:5