1 Samuel 13:2
he chose three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with him in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the soldiers he sent home, each man to his tent.
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1Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign; when he had reigned forty years over Israel,
Cross References
Joshua 18:28Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (the same as Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath. There were fourteen cities, including their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for their clans.
Judges 19:12His master said to him, “We will not turn aside into a city of foreigners who do not belong to the people of Israel. We will go on to Gibeah.”
1 Samuel 10:26Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went some strong men, whose hearts God had touched.
1 Samuel 13:23The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
1 Samuel 14:31They attacked the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very weary.
1 Samuel 15:34Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house at 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 →