1 Samuel 13:2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

He chose 3,000 men from Israel for himself: 2,000 were with Saul at Michmash and in Bethel’s hill country, and 1,000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the troops away, each to his own tent.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted: We have no portion in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent, Israel!

2 Samuel 21:6

let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us so we may hang them in the presence of the Lord at Gibeah of Saul, the Lord’s chosen.” The king answered, “I will hand them over.”

2 Samuel 23:29

Heleb son of Baanah the Netophahite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjaminites,

Ezra 2:27

Michmas’s men 122

Nehemiah 11:31

Benjamin’s descendants: from Geba, Michmash, Aija, and Bethel — and its villages,

Joshua 18:28

Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath — 14 cities, with their villages. This was the inheritance for Benjamin’s descendants by their clans.

Joshua 22:6

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

Judges 19:12

But his master replied to him, “We will not stop at a foreign city where there are no Israelites. Let’s move on to Gibeah.”

1 Samuel 10:26

Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and brave men whose hearts God had touched went with him.

1 Samuel 10:5

“After that you will come to the Hill of God where there are Philistine garrisons. When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place prophesying. They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.

1 Samuel 13:1

Saul was 30 years old when he became king, and he reigned 42 years over Israel.

1 Samuel 13:11

and Samuel asked, “What have you done? ” Saul answered, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me and you didn’t come within the appointed days and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,

1 Samuel 13:15

Then Samuel went from Gilgal to Gibeah in Benjamin. Saul registered the troops who were with him, about 600 men.

1 Samuel 13:16

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

1 Samuel 13:23

Now a Philistine garrison took control of the pass at Michmash.

1 Samuel 13:5

The Philistines also gathered to fight against Israel: 3,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

1 Samuel 14:31

The Israelites struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash all the way to Aijalon. Since the Israelites were completely exhausted,

1 Samuel 14:5

one stood to the north in front of Michmash and the other to the south in front of Geba.

1 Samuel 14:52

The conflict with the Philistines was fierce all of Saul’s days, so whenever Saul noticed any strong or brave man, he enlisted him.

1 Samuel 15:34

Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

1 Samuel 24:3

When Saul came to the sheep pens along the road, a cave was there, and he went in to relieve himself. David and his men were staying in the back of the cave,

1 Samuel 26:2

So Saul, accompanied by 3,000 of the choice men of Israel, went to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.

1 Samuel 8:11

He said, “These are the rights of the king who will rule over you: He will take your sons and put them to his use in his chariots, on his horses, or running in front of his chariots.