1 Samuel 13:2
and Saul chooseth for himself three thousand [men] out of Israel; and two thousand are with Saul in Michmash, and in the hill-country of Beth-El; and a thousand have been with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the remnant of the people he hath sent each to his tents.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1A son of a year [is] Saul in his reigning, yea, two years he hath reigned over Israel,
Cross References
Joshua 18:28and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi (it [is] Jerusalem), Gibeath, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, for their families.
Judges 19:12And his lord saith unto him, 'Let us not turn aside unto the city of a stranger, that is not of the sons of Israel, thither, but we have passed over unto Gibeah.'
1 Samuel 10:26And also Saul hath gone to his house, to Gibeah, and the force go with him whose heart God hath touched;
1 Samuel 13:23And the station of the Philistines goeth out unto the passage of Michmash.
1 Samuel 14:31And they smite on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people are very weary,
1 Samuel 15:34And Samuel goeth to Ramath, and Saul hath gone unto 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 →