1 Samuel 13:2
And Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel: there were with Saul two thousand 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.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1Saul was years old when he became king; and he reigned two years over Israel.
Cross References
Joshua 18:28and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, that is, Jerusalem, Gibeah, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their hamlets. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Judges 19:12But his master said to him, We will not turn aside into the city of a stranger, which is not of the children of Israel, but we will pass on to Gibeah.
1 Samuel 10:26And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and with him went the band, whose hearts God had touched.
1 Samuel 13:23And a garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
1 Samuel 14:31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Ajalon; and the people were very faint.
1 Samuel 15:34And Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 13:2-8
The Philistines War against Israel. ( b. c. 1067.) 1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. 3 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,… Read the whole commentary →