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Saul Fights the Philistines
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|1 Samuel 13:1| Saul lived for one year and then became king, and when he had reigned for two years over Israel, 1
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|1 Samuel 13:2| Saul chose three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in a Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in b Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent.
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|1 Samuel 13:3| Jonathan defeated c the garrison of the Philistines that was d at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul e blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”
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|1 Samuel 13:4| And all Israel heard it said that Saul had defeated the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become a stench to the Philistines. And the people were called out to join Saul at Gilgal.
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|1 Samuel 13:5| And the Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and troops f like the sand on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of g Beth-aven.
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|1 Samuel 13:6| When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves h in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns,
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|1 Samuel 13:7| and some Hebrews crossed the fords of the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
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Saul's Unlawful Sacrifice
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|1 Samuel 13:8| i He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.
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|1 Samuel 13:9| So Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the peace offerings.” And he offered the burnt offering.
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|1 Samuel 13:10| As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came. And Saul went out to meet him and greet him.
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