1Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,stylusExodus 12:5, Micah 6:6, Exodus 12:5, Micah 6:62Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel; of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.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 that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it . And Saul blew the trumpet throughout 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 it said that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was held in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.stylusGenesis 34:30, Genesis 34:30, Exodus 5:21, Exodus 5:21, Genesis 46:345And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.stylusJoshua 11:4, 1 Samuel 14:23, Joshua 11:4, 1 Samuel 14:23, Joshua 18:126When the men of Israel saw that they were hedged in, (for the people were distressed,) then the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.stylusJudges 6:2, Judges 6:2, Hebrews 11:38, Hebrews 11:38, Exodus 14:107And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.stylusDeuteronomy 3:12, Deuteronomy 20:8, Leviticus 26:17, Numbers 32:33, Numbers 32:428And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed : but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.stylus1 Samuel 10:8, 1 Samuel 10:89And Saul said, Bring here a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.stylus1 Kings 3:4, 1 Kings 3:4, Deuteronomy 12:6, Deuteronomy 12:6, Proverbs 15:810And it came to pass, that as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might bless him.stylus1 Samuel 15:13, 1 Samuel 15:13, Psalms 129:8, Ruth 2:4, Psalms 129:811And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;stylus1 Samuel 13:16, 1 Samuel 13:5, 1 Samuel 13:23, 1 Samuel 13:2, 1 Samuel 13:1612Therefore said I, The Philistines will now come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.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: 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 Israel for ever.stylus1 Samuel 15:22, 1 Samuel 15:22, 2 Chronicles 16:9, 2 Chronicles 16:9, 1 Samuel 15:2814But 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.stylusActs 13:22, Acts 13:22, 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Samuel 15:28, Psalms 89:1915And Samuel arose, and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present 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, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.stylus1 Samuel 13:3, 1 Samuel 13:317And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leadeth to Ophrah, to the land of Shual:stylusJoshua 18:23, Joshua 18:23, 1 Samuel 14:15, 1 Samuel 14:15, Joshua 19:318And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.stylusNehemiah 11:34, Nehemiah 11:34, Joshua 18:13, Joshua 18:14, Joshua 18:1319Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:stylus2 Kings 24:14, 2 Kings 24:14, Judges 5:8, Jeremiah 24:1, Judges 5:820But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.stylus21And there was a charge of a third of a shekel for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.stylus22So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.stylusJudges 5:8, Judges 5:8, 1 Samuel 17:47, Zechariah 4:6, 1 Samuel 17:5023And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.stylusIsaiah 10:28, Isaiah 10:28, 1 Samuel 14:1, 1 Samuel 14:4, 1 Samuel 14:5