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1 Samuel 13

3 The Philistíms are smitten of Saúl and Jonathán. 13 Saúl being disobedient to Gods commandement is shewed of Samuél that he shal not reigne. 19 The great slaverie, wherein the Philistíms kept the Israelites.
1.Saúl now had bene King aone yere, and he reigned btwo yeres over Israél.
2.Then Saúl chose him thre thousand of Israél: the two thousand were with Saúl in Michmásh, & in mount Beth-él, & a thousand were with Jonathán in Gibeáh of Benjamín: and the rest of the people he sent everie one to his tent.
3.And Jonathán smote the garison of the Philistíms, that was in the chil: and it came to the Philistíms eares: & Saúl blewe the dtrumpet throughout all the land, saying, Heare, ô ye Ebrewes.
4.And all Israél heard say, Saúl hathe destroyed a garison of the Philistíms: wherefore Israél was had in abominacion with the Philistíms: and the people gathered together after Saúl in Gilgál.
5.¶ The Philistíms also gathered them selves together to fight with Israél, thirtie thousand charets and six thousand horsemen: for the people was like the sand which is by the seas side in multitude, & came up, and pitched in Michmásh Eastwarde from eBeth-áven.
6.And when the men of Israél sawe that they were in a straite ( the people hid themselves in caves, & in holdes, and in rockes, and towres, and in pittes.
7.And some of the Ebrewes went over Jordén unto the land of fGad and Gileád: and Saúl was yet in Gilgál, and all the people for feare followed him.
8.And he taried seven dayes, according unto the time that Samuél had appointed: but Samuél came not to Gilgál, therefore the people were gscatred from him.
9.And Saúl said, Bring a burnt offring to me and peace offrings: and he offred a burnt offring.
10.And assone as he had made an end of offring the burnt offring, beholde, Samuél came. and Saúl went forthe to mete him, to ^salute him.
11.And Samuél said, What hast thou done? Then Saúl said, Because I sawe that the people was hscatred from me, and that thou camest not within the dayes appointed, and that the Philistíms gathered them selves together to Michmásh,
12.Therefore said I, The Philistíms wil come downe now upon me to Gilgál, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord. I was bolde therefore and offred a burnt offring.
13.And Samuél said to Saúl, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandement of the Lord thy iGod, which he commanded thee: for the Lord had now stablished thy kingdom upon Israél for ever.
14.But now thy kingdome shal not continue: the Lord hathe soght him a kman after his owne heart, and the Lord hathe commanded him to be governour over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord had commanded thee.
15.¶ And Samuél arose, and gate him up from Gilgál in lGibeáh of Benjamín: and Saúl nombred the people that were founde with him, about six hundreth men.
16.And Saúl and Jonathán his sonne, and the people that were founde with them, had their abiding in Gibeáh of Benjamín: but the Philistíms pitched in Michmásh.
17.And there came out of the hoste of the Philistíms ^thre bandes to destroy, one bande turned unto the way of Ophráh unto the land of Shuál,
18.And another bande turned toward the way to Beth-horón, & the mthirde bande turned toward the way of the coast that loketh toward the valley of Zeboím, toward the wildernes.
19.Then there was no smith founde through out all the land of Israél: for the Philistíms said, Lest the Ebrewes make them swordes or speares.
20.Wherefore all the Israelites went downe to the Philistíms, to sharpen everie man his share, his mattocke, and his axe and his weding hooke.
21.Yet they had a file for the shares, and for the mattockes, and for the pickeforkes, and for the axes and for to sharpen the goades.
22.So when the day of battel was come, there was nether nsworde nor speare founde in the hands of anie of the people that were with Saúl and with Jonathán: but onely with Saúl and Jonathán his sonne was there founde.
23.And the garison of the Philistíms came out to the passage of Michmásh.

Notes

1-a.
While these things were done.
1-b.
Before he took upon him the state of a King.
3-c.
Of Kiriath-Jearim, where the Ark was, Ch. 10.5.
3-d.
That everyone should prepare themselves to war.
5-e.
Which was also called Beth-el, in the tribe of Benjamin.
7-f.
Where the two tribes and the half remained.
8-g.
Thinking that the absence of the Prophet was a sign, that they should lose the victory. 1 Geneva Bible 1560
10-^.
Ebr., bless him.
11-h.
Though these causes seem sufficient in man’s judgement: yet because they had not the word of God, they turned to his destruction.
13-i.
Who willed you to obey him and rest upon the words spoken by his Prophet.
14-k.
That is, David.
15-l.
And went to his city Ramah.
17-^.
Or, the destroyers: to wit, the captain came out with three bands.
18-m.
So that to man’s judgement these three armies would have overrun the whole country.
22-n.
To declare that the victory only came of God and not by their force.