1 Samuel 13:2
And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mount of 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.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
1Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years over Israel.
Cross References
Joshua 18:28and Zelah, 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 stranger, 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 host, whose hearts God had touched.
1 Samuel 13:23And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmash.
1 Samuel 14:31And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
1 Samuel 15:34Then 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 →