1 Samuel 13:2

God's Word

Saul chose 3,000 men from Israel; 2,000 of them were stationed with Saul at Michmash and in the mountains of Bethel, and 1,000 were stationed with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. But the rest of the people he sent home.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

A good-for-nothing man by the name of Sheba, Bichri’s son, from the tribe of Benjamin happened to be at Gilgal. He blew a ram’s horn ⌞to announce⌟, “We have no share in David’s kingdom. We won’t receive an inheritance from Jesse’s son. Everyone to his own tent, Israel!”

2 Samuel 21:6

We will execute them in the Lord’s presence at Saul’s town Gibeah.” (It was Saul whom the Lord had chosen.) “I will give them ⌞to you⌟,” the king said.

2 Samuel 23:29

Heleb (son of Baanah) from Netophah, Ittai (son of Ribai) from Gibeah in Benjamin,

Ezra 2:27

of Michmas … 122

Nehemiah 11:31

Benjamin’s descendants live in the area of Geba, in Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

Joshua 18:28

Zela, Eleph, Jebus (now called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath. This is Benjamin’s inheritance for its families.

Joshua 22:6

Then Joshua blessed them. He sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.

Judges 19:12

The Levite told him, “We’ll never go into a city of foreigners. They’re not Israelites. We’ll go on to Gibeah.”

1 Samuel 10:26

Saul also went home to Gibeah. With him went some soldiers whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 10:5

After that, you will come to the hill of God, where the Philistines have a military post. When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets prophesying as they come from the worship site. They will be led by men playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre.

1 Samuel 13:1

Saul was ⌞thirty⌟ years old when he became king, and he was king of Israel ⌞forty-two⌟ years.

1 Samuel 13:11

Samuel asked, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “I saw the troops were scattering. You didn’t come when you said you would, and the Philistines were assembling at Michmash.

1 Samuel 13:15

Samuel left Gilgal. The rest of the people followed Saul to meet the soldiers. They went from Gilgal  to Gibeah in Benjamin, where Saul counted the troops who were still with him—about 600 men.

1 Samuel 13:16

Saul, his son Jonathan, and the troops who were with them stayed at Geba in Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

1 Samuel 13:23

Now, Philistine troops had gone out to the pass at Michmash.

1 Samuel 13:5

The Philistines assembled to fight against Israel. They had 30,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and as many soldiers as the sand on the seashore. They camped at Michmash, east of Beth Aven.

1 Samuel 14:31

That day they struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, but the troops were thoroughly exhausted.

1 Samuel 14:5

One cliff stood like a pillar on the north facing Michmash, the other stood south facing Geba.

1 Samuel 14:52

There was intense warfare with the Philistines as long as Saul lived. Whenever any warrior or any skilled fighting man came to Saul’s attention, Saul would enlist him in the army.

1 Samuel 15:34

Then Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went to his home at Gibeah.

1 Samuel 24:3

He came to some sheep pens along the road where there was a cave. Saul went into ⌞it⌟ to relieve himself while David and his men were sitting further back in the cave.

1 Samuel 26:2

Saul went to the desert of Ziph, taking with him 3,000 of Israel’s best-trained men to search for David.

1 Samuel 8:11

Samuel said, “These are the rights of a king: He will draft your sons, make them serve on his chariots and horses, and make them run ahead of his chariots.