1 Samuel 13:2

New Living Translation

Saul selected 3,000 special troops from the army of Israel and sent the rest of the men home. He took 2,000 of the chosen men with him to Micmash and the hill country of Bethel. The other 1,000 went with Saul’s son Jonathan to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

There happened to be a troublemaker there named Sheba son of Bicri, a man from the tribe of Benjamin. Sheba blew a ram’s horn and began to chant: “Down with the dynasty of David! We have no interest in the son of Jesse. Come on, you men of Israel, back to your homes!”

2 Samuel 21:6

So let seven of Saul’s sons be handed over to us, and we will execute them before the Lord at Gibeon, on the mountain of the Lord.” “All right,” the king said, “I will do it.”

2 Samuel 23:29

Heled son of Baanah from Netophah; Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah (in the land of Benjamin);

Ezra 2:27

The people of Micmash 122

Nehemiah 11:31

Some of the people of Benjamin lived at Geba, Micmash, Aija, and Bethel with its settlements.

Joshua 18:28

Zela, Haeleph, the Jebusite town (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen towns with their surrounding villages. This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

Joshua 22:6

So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went home.

Judges 19:12

“No,” his master said, “we can’t stay in this foreign town where there are no Israelites. Instead, we will go on to Gibeah.

1 Samuel 10:26

When Saul returned to his home at Gibeah, a group of men whose hearts God had touched went with him.

1 Samuel 10:5

“When you arrive at Gibeah of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is located, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the place of worship. They will be playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying.

1 Samuel 13:1

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

1 Samuel 13:11

but Samuel said, “What is this you have done?” Saul replied, “I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn’t arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle.

1 Samuel 13:15

Samuel then left Gilgal and went on his way, but the rest of the troops went with Saul to meet the army. They went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin. When Saul counted the men who were still with him, he found only 600 were left!

1 Samuel 13:16

Saul and Jonathan and the troops with them were staying at Geba in the land of Benjamin. The Philistines set up their camp at Micmash.

1 Samuel 13:23

The pass at Micmash had meanwhile been secured by a contingent of the Philistine army.

1 Samuel 13:5

The Philistines mustered a mighty army of 3,000 chariots, 6,000 charioteers, and as many warriors as the grains of sand on the seashore! They camped at Micmash east of Beth-aven.

1 Samuel 14:31

They chased and killed the Philistines all day from Micmash to Aijalon, growing more and more faint.

1 Samuel 14:5

The cliff on the north was in front of Micmash, and the one on the south was in front of Geba.

1 Samuel 14:52

The Israelites fought constantly with the Philistines throughout Saul’s lifetime. So whenever Saul observed a young man who was brave and strong, he drafted him into his army.

1 Samuel 15:34

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

1 Samuel 24:3

At the place where the road passes some sheepfolds, Saul went into a cave to relieve himself. But as it happened, David and his men were hiding farther back in that very cave!

1 Samuel 26:2

So Saul took 3,000 of Israel’s elite troops and went to hunt him down in the wilderness of Ziph.

1 Samuel 8:11

“This is how a king will reign over you,” Samuel said. “The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots.