1 Samuel 13:2 - The Scriptures 1998

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Saul chose 3,000 men of Israel; 2,000 were with [him] in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and 1,000 with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the men he sent away, each one to his home.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

Common English Bible

² Saul selected three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of those were with Saul at Michmash in the hills near Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. He sent the remaining men home.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel. And two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and at mount Bethel. Then one thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But the remainder of the people, he sent back, each one to his own tent.

1 Samuel 13:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

And there came to be a man of Beliyaʽ

2 Samuel 21:6

let seven men of his sons be given to us, and we shall hang them before יהוה  in Giḇ

2 Samuel 23:29

Ḥ

Ezra 2:27

men of Miḵ

Nehemiah 11:31

And the children of Binyamin: from Geḇ

Joshua 18:28

and Tsela, Eleph, and the Yeḇ

Joshua 22:6

And Yehoshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.

Judges 19:12

And his master said to him, “Let us not turn aside here into a city of foreigners, who are not of the children of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 10:26

And Sha’ul went to his house too, to Giḇ

1 Samuel 10:5

“After that go to the hill of Elohim where the Philistine watch-post is. And it shall be, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instrument, and a tambourine, and a flute, and a lyre before them, and they are prophesying.

1 Samuel 13:1

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

1 Samuel 13:11

Then Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 13:15

And Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 13:16

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

1 Samuel 13:23

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

1 Samuel 13:5

And the Philistines gathered to fight Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 14:31

And they smote the Philistines that day from Miḵ

1 Samuel 14:5

The one edge was on the north opposite Miḵ

1 Samuel 14:52

And there was fierce fighting against the Philistines all the days of Sha’ul. And when Sha’ul saw any mighty man or any brave man, he took him for himself.

1 Samuel 15:34

And Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 24:3

And he came to the sheepfolds, on the way, and there was a cave. And Sha’ul went in to relieve himself. Now Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 26:2

And Sha’ul rose up and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph, and with him three thousand chosen men of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 8:11

and said, “This is the ruling of the sovereign who does reign over you: He shall take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots,