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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 MSB</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" /></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="../">MSB</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="/msb/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">Majority Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/1_samuel/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">War with the Philistines<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Saul was thirty years old<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!” <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear. <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Saul’s Unlawful Sacrifice<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered up the burnt offering. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“What have you done?” Samuel asked. <p class="reg"> And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.” <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.” <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men. <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">Israel without Weapons<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual, <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness. <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.” <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The charge was a pim<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> A few late LXX manuscripts; MT <i>Saul was a son of a year</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>over Israel forty years</i><span class="thin"> </span> (see <a href="../acts/13.htm#21">Acts 13:21</a>); MT <i>over Israel two years</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Some LXX manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew <i>thirty thousand</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> LXX <i>Then Samuel set out, and the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the army; they went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin.</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> LXX; Hebrew <i>and plowshares</i><span class="thin"> </span>; (so plowshare appears twice in the Hebrew).<br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <i>A pim</i><span class="thin"> </span> possibly refers to a polished stone weighing approximately 0.25 ounces or 7 grams found in excavations. This is equivalent to about two-thirds of a shekel and likely refers to the price charged by the Philistines for the services listed.<br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Hebrew does not include the currency unit <i>of a shekel</i><span class="thin"> </span> charged for sharpening a pitchfork, an axe, or an oxgoad; alternatively, possibly <i>a third of a pim</i><span class="thin"> </span> for each.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible, MSB is produced in cooperation with <a href=//biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a>, <a href=//discoverybible.com>Discovery Bible</a>, <a href=//openbible.com>OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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