1	Saul reigned# one year# ; and when he had reigned# two years over Israel, [reigned one...: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning]
			2	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.
			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# , Let the Hebrews hear# . [Geba: or, the hill]
			4	And all Israel heard# say# that Saul had smitten# a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination# with the Philistines. And the people were called together# after Saul to Gilgal. [was...: Heb. did stink]
			5	And the Philistines gathered themselves together# to fight# with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up# , and pitched# in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
			6	When the men of Israel saw# that they were in a strait# , (for the people were distressed# ,) then the people did hide# themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
			7	And some of the Hebrews went over# Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling# . [followed...: Heb. trembled after him]
			8	And he tarried# # # # seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed : but Samuel came# not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered# from him.
			9	And Saul said# , Bring hither# a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered# the burnt offering.
			10	And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end# of offering# the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came# ; and Saul went out# to meet# him, that he might salute# him. [salute: Heb. bless]
			11	And Samuel said# , What hast thou done# ? And Saul said# , Because I saw# that the people were scattered# from me, and that thou camest# not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together# at Michmash;
			12	Therefore said# I, The Philistines will come down# now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication# unto the LORD: I forced# myself therefore, and offered# a burnt offering. [made...: Heb. intreated the face]
			13	And Samuel said# to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly# : thou hast not kept# the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded# thee: for now would the LORD have established# thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
			14	But now thy kingdom shall not continue# : the LORD hath sought# him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded# him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept# that which the LORD commanded# thee.
			15	And Samuel arose# , and gat him up# from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered# the people that were present# with him, about six hundred men. [present: Heb. found]
			16	And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present# with them, abode# in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped# in Michmash. [present: Heb. found] [Gibeah: Heb. Geba]
			17	And the spoilers# came out# of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned# unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
			18	And another company turned# the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned# to the way of the border that looketh# to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
			19	Now there was no smith found# throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said# , Lest the Hebrews make# them swords or spears:
			20	But all the Israelites went down# to the Philistines, to sharpen# every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
			21	Yet they had a file# for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks# , and for the axes, and to sharpen# the goads. [a file: Heb. a file with mouths, or Heb. a pim, a third of a shekel] [sharpen: Heb. set]
			22	So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found# in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found# .
			23	And the garrison of the Philistines went out# to the passage of Michmash. [garrison: or, standing camp]