Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof 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.
chose
1 Samuel 8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign …
1 Samuel 14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: …
Michmash Michmash was situated east of Bethaven, or Bethel; and Eusebius says it was in his time a considerable place, about nine miles from Jerusalem, towards Rama.
1 Samuel 13:5,23 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, …
1 Samuel 14:5,31 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, …
Isaiah 10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he has laid …
in Gibeah
1 Samuel 10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band …
1 Samuel 15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
Joshua 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; …
Judges 19:12 And his master said to him, We will not turn aside here into the …
2 Samuel 21:6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them …
Isaiah 10:29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging …
And 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.
the garrison
1 Samuel 10:5 After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison …
1 Samuel 14:1-6 Now it came to pass on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said …
2 Samuel 23:14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines …
Geba. or, the hill
Joshua 18:24 And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
Gaba
Isaiah 10:29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging …
Zechariah 14:10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south …
blew
Judges 3:27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in …
Judges 6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; …
2 Samuel 2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued …
2 Samuel 20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, …
And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
was had in abomination [heb] did stink
Genesis 34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me to make me …
Genesis 46:34 That you shall say, Your servants' trade has been about cattle from …
Exodus 5:21 And they said to them, The LORD look on you, and judge; because you …
Zechariah 11:8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed …
to Gilgal
1 Samuel 10:8 And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come …
1 Samuel 11:14,15 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and …
Joshua 5:9 And the LORD said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach …
And 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 pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
thirty thousand chariots The Philistines had no doubt collected troops in this emergency, from all the surrounding nation; but the number of chariots is immensely large beyond any example, and wholly disproportioned to the number of their cavalry. It is probable, therefore, that for sheloshim aileph, `thirty thousand,' we should read shelosh aileph, `three thousand,' with the Syriac and Arabic.
as the sand
Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply …
Joshua 11:4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, …
Judges 7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the …
2 Chronicles 1:9 Now, O LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established…
Isaiah 48:19 Your seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of your bowels …
Jeremiah 15:8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas…
Romans 9:27 Esaias also cries concerning Israel, Though the number of the children …
Beth-aven
1 Samuel 14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over to Bethaven.
Joshua 7:2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, …
Joshua 18:12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border …
Hosea 4:15 Though you, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and …
Hosea 5:8 Blow you the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud …
Hosea 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: …
When the men of Israel 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.
in a strait
Exodus 14:10-12 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their …
Joshua 8:20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, …
Judges 10:9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against …
Judges 20:41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were …
2 Samuel 24:14 And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into …
Philippians 1:23 For I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart, and …
in caves
1 Samuel 14:11 And both of them discovered themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: …
1 Samuel 23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David …
1 Samuel 24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul …
Judges 6:2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel…
Isaiah 42:22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared …
Hebrews 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and …
And 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.
the Hebrews
Leviticus 26:17,36,37 And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before …
Deuteronomy 28:25 The LORD shall cause you to be smitten before your enemies: you shall …
Gad
Numbers 32:1-5,33-42 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great …
Deuteronomy 3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which …
Joshua 13:24-31 And Moses gave inheritance to the tribe of Gad, even to the children …
followed him trembling [heb] trembled after him
Deuteronomy 20:8 And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall …
Judges 7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, …
Hosea 11:10,11 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he …
And 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.
And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
he offered
1 Samuel 13:12,13 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now on me to Gilgal, …
1 Samuel 14:18 And Saul said to Ahiah, Bring here the ark of God. For the ark of …
1 Samuel 15:21,22 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the …
Deuteronomy 12:6 And thither you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, …
1 Kings 3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the …
Psalm 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because …
Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the …
Proverbs 20:22 Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he …
Proverbs 21:3,27 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice…
Isaiah 66:3 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a …
And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
And 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;
What hast
Genesis 3:13 And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that you have done? …
Genesis 4:10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood …
Joshua 7:19 And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray you, glory to the …
2 Samuel 3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, …
2 Kings 5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, …
Michmash
1 Samuel 13:2,5,16,23 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand …
1 Samuel 14:5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, …
Isaiah 10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he has laid …
Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
And 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.
Thou hast done
2 Samuel 12:7-9 And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus said the LORD God …
1 Kings 18:18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father's …
1 Kings 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, …
2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth…
2 Chronicles 19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said …
2 Chronicles 25:15,16 Why the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent …
Job 34:18 Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, You are ungodly?
Proverbs 19:3 The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the LORD.
Matthew 14:3,4 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison …
hast not kept
1 Samuel 15:11,22,28 It repents me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned …
Psalm 50:8-15 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, …
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.
But now
1 Samuel 2:30 Why the LORD God of Israel said, I said indeed that your house, and …
1 Samuel 15:28 And Samuel said to him, The LORD has rent the kingdom of Israel from …
the Lord
1 Samuel 16:1,12 And the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing …
2 Samuel 7:15,16 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, …
Psalm 78:70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Psalm 89:19,20 Then you spoke in vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid …
Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up to them David to be their …
captain over
1 Samuel 9:16 To morrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of …
2 Samuel 5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he that led …
2 Kings 20:5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus said …
Hebrews 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, …
And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
Samuel The LXX. have, `Samuel arose and went away from Gilgal, and the remainder of the people went up along with the men of war after Samuel from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin.' This is probably the true reading; for it does not appear that Samuel went to Gibeah, which was Saul's usual residence; and the hebrew copyist, as Dr. Wall observes, seems to have missed a line, and added to the sentence concerning Samuel, that which ended the sentence concerning Saul. One MS. instead of Samuel, in the beginning of the sentence, reads Saul.
present [heb] found
about six
1 Samuel 13:2,6,7 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand …
1 Samuel 14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate …
And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
And 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.
Beth-horon
Joshua 10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in …
Joshua 16:3,5 And goes down westward to the coast of Japhleti, to the coast of …
Joshua 18:13,14 And the border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz, …
1 Chronicles 6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
2 Chronicles 8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced …
Zeboim
Genesis 14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king …
Nehemiah 11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Hosea 11:8 How shall I give you up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver you, Israel? …
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, 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.
a file [heb] a file with mouths
sharpen [heb] set
So 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.
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
