1 Samuel 13:2

Free Bible Version

Saul had chosen three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand of them were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and another thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the army home.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

A rabble-rouser called Sheba, son of Bichri, from the tribe of Benjamin, happened to be there. He blew the ram's horn and shouted: “We have no interest in David, no commitment to Jesse's son. Israelites, let's all go home!”

2 Samuel 21:6

have seven of Saul's male descendants be handed over to us, and we will hang them in the presence of the Lord at Gibeon of Saul, the Lord's chosen one.” “I will hand them over to you,” said the king.

2 Samuel 23:29

Heleb, son of Baanah the Netophahite; Ittai, son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites;

Ezra 2:27

the people from Micmash, 122;

Nehemiah 11:31

The people of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel and its settlements,

Joshua 18:28

Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (or Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen towns with their associated villages. This was the land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin, by families.

Joshua 22:6

Joshua blessed them, sent them on their way, and they went home.

Judges 19:12

But his master replied, “No, we're not going to stop in this town where only foreigners live and no Israelites. We'll continue on to Gibeah.”

1 Samuel 10:26

Saul also returned to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by warriors whom God had encouraged to help him.

1 Samuel 10:5

Next you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have a garrison. As you come into town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place led by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

1 Samuel 13:1

Saul was thirty when he became king, and he reigned over Israel for forty-two years.

1 Samuel 13:11

“What have you done?” Samuel asked. Saul replied, “Well I saw my men were deserting me, and you hadn't arrived when you said you would, and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash to attack.

1 Samuel 13:15

Then Samuel left Gilgal. The rest of the soldiers followed Saul to meet the army, going from Gilgal to Geba in Benjamin. Saul counted the number of soldiers who were with him and there were about six hundred.

1 Samuel 13:16

Saul, his son Jonathan, and the soldiers with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines were camped at Michmash.

1 Samuel 13:23

A Philistine garrison had taken control of the pass at Michmash.

1 Samuel 13:5

The Philistines gathered to fight against Israel. They had three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and soldiers as numerous as sand on the seashore. They advanced and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

1 Samuel 14:31

After defeating the Philistines that day, killing them from Michmash to Aijalon, the Israelites were totally exhausted.

1 Samuel 14:5

The cliff to the north was on the Michmash side, the one to the south on the Geba side.

1 Samuel 14:52

Throughout Saul's lifetime there was constant war with the Philistines. Saul recruited into his army every strong warrior and every brave fighter that he met.

1 Samuel 15:34

Samuel left for Ramah, and Saul went home to his town called Gibeah of Saul.

1 Samuel 24:3

As Saul passed the sheep pens on the way, there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. David and his men were hiding deep inside the cave.

1 Samuel 26:2

So Saul went to the Desert of Ziph along with three thousand specially-picked men from Israel to search for David there.

1 Samuel 8:11

“This is what a king will do when he rules over you,” he told them. “He will take your sons and make them serve as charioteers and horsemen, and to run as a guard in front of his chariot.