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1Sa 13:2 Strong Concordance Saul [07586] chose [0977] him three [07969] thousand [0505] men of Israel [03478]; whereof two thousand [0505] were with Saul [07586] in Michmash [04363] and in mount [02022] Bethel [01008], and a thousand [0505] were with Jonathan [03129] in Gibeah [01390] of Benjamin [01144]: and the rest [03499] of the people [05971] he sent [07971] every man [0376] to his tent [0168].
  King James Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel--This band of picked men was a bodyguard, who were kept constantly on duty, while the rest of the people were dismissed till their services might be needed. It seems to have been his tactics to attack the Philistine garrisons in the country by different detachments, rather than by risking a general engagement; and his first operations were directed to rid his native territory of Benjamin of these enemies.
 
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3 And Jonathan [03129] smote [05221] the garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430] that was in Geba [01387], and the Philistines [06430] heard [08085] of it. And Saul [07586] blew [08628] the trumpet [07782] throughout all the land [0776], saying [0559], Let the Hebrews [05680] hear [08085].
5 After [0310] that thou shalt come [0935] to the hill [01389] of God [0430], where is the garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430]: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither [0935] to the city [05892], that thou shalt meet [06293] a company [02256] of prophets [05030] coming down [03381] from the high place [01116] with a psaltery [05035], and a tabret [08596], and a pipe [02485], and a harp [03658], before [06440] them; and they shall prophesy [05012]:
1 Now it came to pass upon a day [03117], that Jonathan [03129] the son [01121] of Saul [07586] said [0559] unto the young man [05288] that bare [05375] his armour [03627], Come [03212], and let us go over [05674] to the Philistines [06430]' garrison [04673], that is on the other side [05676] [01975]. But he told [05046] not his father [01].
23 And the garrison [04673] of the Philistines [06430] went out [03318] to the passage [04569] of Michmash [04363].
16 And Saul [07586], and Jonathan [03129] his son [01121], and the people [05971] that were present [04672] with them, abode [03427] in Gibeah [01387] of Benjamin [01144]: but the Philistines [06430] encamped [02583] in Michmash [04363].
15 And Samuel [08050] arose [06965], and gat him up [05927] from Gilgal [01537] unto Gibeah [01390] of Benjamin [01144]. And Saul [07586] numbered [06485] the people [05971] that were present [04672] with him, about six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376].
12 Therefore said [0559] I, The Philistines [06430] will come down [03381] now upon me to Gilgal [01537], and I have not made supplication [02470] unto [06440] the LORD [03068]: I forced [0662] myself therefore, and offered [05927] a burnt offering [05930].
8 And he tarried [03176] [03176] seven [07651] days [03117], according to the set time [04150] that Samuel [08050] had appointed: but Samuel [08050] came [0935] not to Gilgal [01537]; and the people [05971] were scattered [06327] from him.
4 And all Israel [03478] heard [08085] say [0559] that Saul [07586] had smitten [05221] a garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430], and that Israel [03478] also was had in abomination [0887] with the Philistines [06430]. And the people [05971] were called together [06817] after [0310] Saul [07586] to Gilgal [01537].
5 And the Philistines [06430] gathered themselves together [0622] to fight [03898] with Israel [03478], thirty [07970] thousand [0505] chariots [07393], and six [08337] thousand [0505] horsemen [06571], and people [05971] as the sand [02344] which is on the sea [03220] shore [08193] in multitude [07230]: and they came up [05927], and pitched [02583] in Michmash [04363], eastward [06926] from Bethaven [01007].
15 And Samuel [08050] arose [06965], and gat him up [05927] from Gilgal [01537] unto Gibeah [01390] of Benjamin [01144]. And Saul [07586] numbered [06485] the people [05971] that were present [04672] with him, about six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376].
12 Therefore said [0559] I, The Philistines [06430] will come down [03381] now upon me to Gilgal [01537], and I have not made supplication [02470] unto [06440] the LORD [03068]: I forced [0662] myself therefore, and offered [05927] a burnt offering [05930].
46 And when all the men [01167] of the tower [04026] of Shechem [07927] heard [08085] that, they entered [0935] into an hold [06877] of the house [01004] of the god [0410] Berith [01286].
6 When the men [0376] of Israel [03478] saw [07200] that they were in a strait [06887], (for the people [05971] were distressed [05065] then the people [05971] did hide [02244] themselves in caves [04631], and in thickets [02337], and in rocks [05553], and in high places [06877], and in pits [0953].
7 And some of the Hebrews [05680] went over [05674] Jordan [03383] to the land [0776] of Gad [01410] and Gilead [01568]. As for Saul [07586], he was yet in Gilgal [01537], and all the people [05971] followed [0310] him trembling [02729].
14 And the name [08034] of the third [07992] river [05104] is Hiddekel [02313]: that is it which goeth toward [01980] the east [06926] of Assyria [0804]. And the fourth [07243] river [05104] is Euphrates [06578].
2 And Joshua [03091] sent [07971] men [0582] from Jericho [03405] to Ai [05857], which is beside [05973] Bethaven [01007], on the east side [06924] of Bethel [01008], and spake [0559] unto them, saying [0559], Go up [05927] and view [07270] the country [0776]. And the men [0582] went up [05927] and viewed [07270] Ai [05857].
3 With twelve hundred [03967] [0505] chariots [07393], and threescore [08346] thousand [0505] horsemen [06571]: and the people [05971] were without number [04557] that came [0935] with him out of Egypt [04714]; the Lubims [03864], the Sukkiims [05525], and the Ethiopians [03569].
26 And Solomon [08010] gathered together [0622] chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571]: and he had a thousand [0505] and four [0702] hundred [03967] chariots [07393], and twelve [08147] [06240] thousand [0505] horsemen [06571], whom he bestowed [05148] in the cities [05892] for chariots [07393], and with the king [04428] at Jerusalem [03389].
18 And the Syrians [0758] fled [05127] before [06440] Israel [03478]; and David [01732] slew [02026] the men of seven [07651] hundred [03967] chariots [07393] of the Syrians [0758], and forty [0705] thousand [0505] horsemen [06571], and smote [05221] Shobach [07731] the captain [08269] of their host [06635], who died [04191] there.
4 And they went out [03318], they and all their hosts [04264] with them, much [07227] people [05971], even as the sand [02344] that is upon the sea [03220] shore [08193] in multitude [07230], with horses [05483] and chariots [07393] very [03966] many [07227].
12 And the Midianites [04080] and the Amalekites [06002] and all the children [01121] of the east [06924] lay [05307] along in the valley [06010] like grasshoppers [0697] for multitude [07230]; and their camels [01581] were without number [04557], as the sand [02344] by the sea [03220] side [08193] for multitude [07230].
5 And the Philistines [06430] gathered themselves together [0622] to fight [03898] with Israel [03478], thirty [07970] thousand [0505] chariots [07393], and six [08337] thousand [0505] horsemen [06571], and people [05971] as the sand [02344] which is on the sea [03220] shore [08193] in multitude [07230]: and they came up [05927], and pitched [02583] in Michmash [04363], eastward [06926] from Bethaven [01007].
13 And Samuel [08050] said [0559] to Saul [07586], Thou hast done foolishly [05528]: thou hast not kept [08104] the commandment [04687] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], which he commanded [06680] thee: for now would the LORD [03068] have established [03559] thy kingdom [04467] upon Israel [03478] for [05704] ever [05769].
23 And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] gathered themselves together [06817] out of Naphtali [05321], and out of Asher [0836], and out of all Manasseh [04519], and pursued [07291] after [0310] the Midianites [04080].
24 And Gideon [01439] sent [07971] messengers [04397] throughout all mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], saying [0559], Come down [03381] against [07125] the Midianites [04080], and take [03920] before them the waters [04325] unto Bethbarah [01012] and Jordan [03383]. Then all the men [0376] of Ephraim [0669] gathered themselves together [06817], and took [03920] the waters [04325] unto Bethbarah [01012] and Jordan [03383].
4 And all Israel [03478] heard [08085] say [0559] that Saul [07586] had smitten [05221] a garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430], and that Israel [03478] also was had in abomination [0887] with the Philistines [06430]. And the people [05971] were called together [06817] after [0310] Saul [07586] to Gilgal [01537].
39 And Zadok [06659] the priest [03548] took [03947] an horn [07161] of oil [08081] out of the tabernacle [0168], and anointed [04886] Solomon [08010]. And they blew [08628] the trumpet [07782]; and all the people [05971] said [0559], God save [02421] king [04428] Solomon [08010].
34 And let Zadok [06659] the priest [03548] and Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030] anoint [04886] him there king [04428] over Israel [03478]: and blow [08628] ye with the trumpet [07782], and say [0559], God save [02421] king [04428] Solomon [08010].
1 And there happened [07122] to be there a man [0376] of Belial [01100], whose name [08034] was Sheba [07652], the son [01121] of Bichri [01075], a Benjamite [01145]: and he blew [08628] a trumpet [07782], and said [0559], We have no part [02506] in David [01732], neither have we inheritance [05159] in the son [01121] of Jesse [03448]: every [0376] man [0376] to his tents [0168], O Israel [03478].
24 And Chepharhaammonai [03726], and Ophni [06078], and Gaba [01387]; twelve [08147] [06240] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]:
15 And Samuel [08050] arose [06965], and gat him up [05927] from Gilgal [01537] unto Gibeah [01390] of Benjamin [01144]. And Saul [07586] numbered [06485] the people [05971] that were present [04672] with him, about six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376].
16 And Saul [07586], and Jonathan [03129] his son [01121], and the people [05971] that were present [04672] with them, abode [03427] in Gibeah [01387] of Benjamin [01144]: but the Philistines [06430] encamped [02583] in Michmash [04363].
5 After [0310] that thou shalt come [0935] to the hill [01389] of God [0430], where is the garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430]: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither [0935] to the city [05892], that thou shalt meet [06293] a company [02256] of prophets [05030] coming down [03381] from the high place [01116] with a psaltery [05035], and a tabret [08596], and a pipe [02485], and a harp [03658], before [06440] them; and they shall prophesy [05012]:
3 And Jonathan [03129] smote [05221] the garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430] that was in Geba [01387], and the Philistines [06430] heard [08085] of it. And Saul [07586] blew [08628] the trumpet [07782] throughout all the land [0776], saying [0559], Let the Hebrews [05680] hear [08085].
4 And all Israel [03478] heard [08085] say [0559] that Saul [07586] had smitten [05221] a garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430], and that Israel [03478] also was had in abomination [0887] with the Philistines [06430]. And the people [05971] were called together [06817] after [0310] Saul [07586] to Gilgal [01537].
28 And Zelah [06762], Eleph [0507], and Jebusi [02983], which is Jerusalem [03389], Gibeath [01394], and Kirjath [07157]; fourteen [0702] [06240] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]. This is the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] according to their families [04940].
2 And Joshua [03091] sent [07971] men [0582] from Jericho [03405] to Ai [05857], which is beside [05973] Bethaven [01007], on the east side [06924] of Bethel [01008], and spake [0559] unto them, saying [0559], Go up [05927] and view [07270] the country [0776]. And the men [0582] went up [05927] and viewed [07270] Ai [05857].
2 Saul [07586] chose [0977] him three [07969] thousand [0505] men of Israel [03478]; whereof two thousand [0505] were with Saul [07586] in Michmash [04363] and in mount [02022] Bethel [01008], and a thousand [0505] were with Jonathan [03129] in Gibeah [01390] of Benjamin [01144]: and the rest [03499] of the people [05971] he sent [07971] every man [0376] to his tent [0168].
14 Then said [0559] Samuel [08050] to the people [05971], Come [03212], and let us go [03212] to Gilgal [01537], and renew [02318] the kingdom [04410] there.
6 And the Spirit [07307] of God [0430] came [06743] upon Saul [07586] when he heard [08085] those tidings [01697], and his anger [0639] was kindled [02734] greatly [03966].
7 And he took [03947] a yoke [06776] of oxen [01241], and hewed them in pieces [05408], and sent [07971] them throughout all the coasts [01366] of Israel [03478] by the hands [03027] of messengers [04397], saying [0559], Whosoever cometh not forth [03318] after [0310] Saul [07586] and after [0310] Samuel [08050], so shall it be done [06213] unto his oxen [01241]. And the fear [06343] of the LORD [03068] fell [05307] on the people [05971], and they came out [03318] with one [0259] consent [0376].
2 Saul [07586] chose [0977] him three [07969] thousand [0505] men of Israel [03478]; whereof two thousand [0505] were with Saul [07586] in Michmash [04363] and in mount [02022] Bethel [01008], and a thousand [0505] were with Jonathan [03129] in Gibeah [01390] of Benjamin [01144]: and the rest [03499] of the people [05971] he sent [07971] every man [0376] to his tent [0168].
5 After [0310] that thou shalt come [0935] to the hill [01389] of God [0430], where is the garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430]: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither [0935] to the city [05892], that thou shalt meet [06293] a company [02256] of prophets [05030] coming down [03381] from the high place [01116] with a psaltery [05035], and a tabret [08596], and a pipe [02485], and a harp [03658], before [06440] them; and they shall prophesy [05012]:
22 So it came to pass in the day [03117] of battle [04421], that there was neither sword [02719] nor spear [02595] found [04672] in the hand [03027] of any of the people [05971] that were with Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03129]: but with Saul [07586] and with Jonathan [03129] his son [01121] was there found [04672].