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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Samuel 13 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > 1 Samuel 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/12.htm" title="1 Samuel 12">◄</a> 1 Samuel 13 <a href="../1_samuel/14.htm" title="1 Samuel 14">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/1_samuel/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">War with the Philistines</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Saul was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span><i>thirty</i> years old when he began to reign, and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>he reigned <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span><i>forty</i>-two years over Israel. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel; of whom 2,000 were with him in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent the rest of the people away, each one to his own tent. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jonathan attacked <i>and</i> defeated the Philistine garrison which was at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>All Israel heard that Saul had defeated the Philistine garrison, and also that Israel had become despicable to the Philistines. And the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now the Philistines gathered to fight against Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and troops in multitude, like sand on the seashore. They came up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When the men of Israel saw that they were in a tight situation (for their troops were hard-pressed), they hid in caves, in thickets, in cellars, and in [dry] cisterns (pits). <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Also <i>some of</i> the Hebrews had crossed the [river] Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him, trembling [in fear and anticipation]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now Saul waited seven days, according to the appointed time which Samuel had set, but Samuel had not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering away from Saul. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>he offered the burnt offering [which he was forbidden to do]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>Samuel finally came; Saul went out to meet and to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>welcome him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “Since I saw that the people were scattering away from me, and that you did not come within the appointed time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>therefore, I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked for the LORD’S favor [by making supplication to Him].’ So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, for [if you had obeyed] the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But now your kingdom shall not endure. The LORD has sought out for Himself a man (David) after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him as leader <i>and</i> ruler over His people, because you have not kept (obeyed) what the LORD commanded you.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul assembled <i>and</i> counted the people who were still with him, [only] about six hundred [fighting] men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Saul and his son Jonathan and the people with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the raiding party came from the Philistine camp in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another toward the border overlooking the Valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now no <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>blacksmith (metal-worker) could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So all [the men of] Israel went down to the Philistines, each to get his plowshare, pick, axe, or sickle sharpened. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The fee [for sharpening] was a pim (two-thirds of a shekel) for the plowshares, the picks, the pitchforks, and the axes, and to straighten the goads (cattle prods). <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So it came about on the day of battle that <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>neither sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan; but Saul and Jonathan his son had them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass at Michmash.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> As in some mss of the LXX; Hebrew omits <i>thirty</i>. The original wording of this verse is uncertain.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>after he reigned two years over Israel Saul chose</i>...<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> See Acts 13:21; Hebrew omits <i>forty</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> This was a direct violation of the instructions Samuel had given to Saul (10:8).<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>behold, Samuel came</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>bless</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Israel lacked the ability to produce iron until the time of Solomon.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Because the Israelite did not yet know how to work iron, their weapons were limited to the bow and arrow, and the sling. 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