1 Samuel 13 - The Scriptures 1998 The Scriptures 1998
1 Samuel 13

¹ Sha’ul was ... years old when he began to reign. And when he had reigned two years over Yisra’ĕ

² Sha’ul chose for himself three thousand men of Yisra’ĕ

³ And Yonathan smote the watch-post of the Philistines that was in Geḇ

⁴ And all Yisra’ĕ

⁵ And the Philistines gathered to fight Yisra’ĕ

⁶ And the men of Yisra’ĕ

⁷ And some Heḇ

⁸ And he waited for seven days, according to the appointment with Shemu’ĕ

⁹ And Sha’ul said, “Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.” And he offered the burnt offering.

¹⁰ And it came to be, as he had finished offering the burnt offering, look, Shemu’ĕ

¹¹ Then Shemu’ĕ

¹² so I said, ‘The Philistines are going to come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not appeased the face of יהוה.’ So I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.”

¹³ And Shemu’ĕ

¹⁴ “But now, your reign is not going to stand. יהוה  shall seek for Himself a man after His own heart, and יהוה  shall command him to be leader over His people, because you have not guarded what יהוה  commanded you.”

¹⁵ And Shemu’ĕ

¹⁶ And Sha’ul, and Yonathan his son, and the people who were present with them remained in Giḇ

¹⁷ And from the camp of the Philistines raiders went out in three companies. The one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shuʽ

¹⁸ and another company turned toward the way of Bĕ

¹⁹ Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Yisra’ĕ

²⁰ And all Yisra’ĕ

²¹ And the charge was a pim for the ploughshares, and the mattocks, and the forks, and the axes, and to set the points of the goads.

²² And it came to be, on the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Sha’ul and Yonathan. But they were found with Sha’ul and Yonathan his son.

²³ And the outpost of the Philistines went out to the pass of Miḵ