1 Samuel 13:2
Then Saul chose him three thousand of Israel: and two thousande were with Saul in Michmash, and in mount Beth-el, and a thousande were with Ionathan in Gibeah of Beniamin: and the rest of the people he sent euery one to his tent.
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In Context
1Saul nowe had beene King one yeere, and he reigned two yeeres ouer Israel.
Cross References
Joshua 18:28And Zela, Eleph, and Iebusi, (which is Ierusalem) Gibeath, and Kiriath: fourteene cities with their villages: this is the inheritance of the children of Beniamin according to their families.
Judges 19:12And his master answered him, We will not turne into the citie of strangers that are not of the children of Israel, but we will goe forth to Gibeah.
1 Samuel 10:26Saul also went home to Gibeah, and there followed him a bande of men, whose heart God had touched,
1 Samuel 13:23And the garison of the Philistims came out to the passage of Michmash.
1 Samuel 14:31And they smote the Philistims that day, from Michmash to Aiialon: and the people were exceeding faint.
1 Samuel 15:34So Samuel departed to Ramah, and Saul went vp 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 →