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|1 Samuel 13:1| Saul was thirty 31 years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty- 32 two years.
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|1 Samuel 13:2| Saul chose three thousand men from Israel; two thousand were with him at Mikmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. The rest of the men he sent back to their homes.
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|1 Samuel 13:3| Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul had the trumpet blown throughout the land and said, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
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|1 Samuel 13:4| So all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel has become obnoxious to the Philistines.” And the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
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|1 Samuel 13:5| The Philistines assembled to fight Israel, with three thousand 33 chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash, east of Beth Aven.
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|1 Samuel 13:6| When the Israelites saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard pressed, they hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns.
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|1 Samuel 13:7| Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul remained at Gilgal, and all the troops with him were quaking with fear.
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|1 Samuel 13:8| He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul’s men began to scatter.
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|1 Samuel 13:9| So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.” And Saul offered up the burnt offering.
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|1 Samuel 13:10| Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
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