1 Samuel 13:2
And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmas and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeath-benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
1Saul was — years old when he began to reign; and two years he reigned over Israel.
Cross References
Joshua 18:28and Zela, Eleph, and the Jebusite — the same is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Judges 19:12And his master said unto him: 'We will not turn aside into the city of a foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.'
1 Samuel 10:26And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the men of valour, whose hearts God had touched.
1 Samuel 13:23And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmas.
1 Samuel 14:31And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmas to Aijalon; and the people were very faint.
1 Samuel 15:34Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeath-shaul.
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 →