1 Samuel 13:2

New English Translation

Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. He sent all the rest of the people back home.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a wicked man named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and said, “We have no share in David; we have no inheritance in this son of Jesse! Every man go home, O Israel!”

2 Samuel 21:6

let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute them before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, who was the Lord’s chosen one.” The king replied, “I will turn them over.”

2 Samuel 23:29

Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin,

Ezra 2:27

the men of Micmash: 122;

Nehemiah 11:31

Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

Joshua 18:28

Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath – a total of fourteen cities and their towns. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.

Joshua 22:6

Joshua rewarded them and sent them on their way; they returned to their homes.

Judges 19:12

But his master said to him, “We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. We will travel on to Gibeah.”

1 Samuel 10:26

Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 10:5

Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

1 Samuel 13:1

Saul was [thirty] years old when he began to reign; he ruled over Israel for [forty] years.

1 Samuel 13:11

But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me and that you didn’t come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,

1 Samuel 13:15

Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men.

1 Samuel 13:16

Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash.

1 Samuel 13:23

A garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Micmash.

1 Samuel 13:5

For the battle with Israel the Philistines had amassed 3,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and an army as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.

1 Samuel 14:31

On that day the army struck down the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon, and they became very tired.

1 Samuel 14:5

The cliff to the north was closer to Micmash, the one to the south closer to Geba.

1 Samuel 14:52

There was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. So whenever Saul saw anyone who was a warrior or a brave individual, he would conscript him.

1 Samuel 15:34

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

1 Samuel 24:3

He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave.

1 Samuel 26:2

So Saul arose and went down to the desert of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the desert of Ziph.

1 Samuel 8:11

He said, “Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.