1 Samuel 13:16

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

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  • 1 Sam 13:3 : 3 Jonathan attacked the Philistine garrison at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul blew the ram's horn throughout the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear!"

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  • 1 Sam 13:2-7
    6 verses
    85%

    2Saul chose 3,000 men from Israel for himself. 2,000 were with Saul at Michmash and in the hills of Bethel, and 1,000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent back to their homes.

    3Jonathan attacked the Philistine garrison at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul blew the ram's horn throughout the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear!"

    4All Israel heard the news: "Saul has attacked the Philistine garrison, and now Israel has become offensive to the Philistines." So the people were summoned to follow Saul at Gilgal.

    5The Philistines assembled to fight Israel with 30,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They came up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth Aven.

    6When the men of Israel saw that they were in a difficult situation and that the enemy was pressing them hard, they hid themselves in caves, thickets, rocks, pits, and cisterns.

    7Some Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul remained in Gilgal, and all the people with him trembled in fear.

  • 1 Sam 13:22-23
    2 verses
    83%

    22So on the day of the battle, no sword or spear was found in the hands of the entire army with Saul and Jonathan, except for Saul and his son Jonathan themselves.

    23A Philistine garrison advanced to the pass at Michmash.

  • 1 Sam 14:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1One day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who carried his armor, 'Come, let us cross over to the garrison of the Philistines on the other side.' But he did not tell his father.

    2Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron, and with him were about six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 14:20-22
    3 verses
    80%

    20Then Saul and all his men assembled and went to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, striking each other with their swords.

    21The Hebrews who had previously been with the Philistines and had gone up with them to their camp changed sides and joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

    22When all the Israelites who had hidden in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in hot pursuit.

  • 1 Sam 13:15
    80%

    15Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul counted the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 31:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1The Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

    2The Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua, Saul's sons.

  • 1 Sam 14:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16Saul's lookouts at Gibeah of Benjamin saw the Philistine army melting away in all directions.

    17Saul said to the men who were with him, 'Muster the troops and see who has left us.' When they counted, they found that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were gone.

  • 1 Chr 10:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1The Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

    2The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons, and they struck down Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua, the sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 28:4
    77%

    4The Philistines gathered and camped at Shunem, while Saul assembled all Israel, and they camped at Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 13:17
    76%

    17Then a raiding party went out from the camp of the Philistines in three divisions. One division turned toward Ophrah, in the land of Shual;

  • 1 Sam 14:46
    75%

    46Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and they withdrew to their own land.

  • 1 Sam 14:5
    75%

    5One crag rose to the north opposite Michmash, and the other to the south opposite Geba.

  • 1 Sam 13:11
    75%

    11Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul answered, "When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,

  • 1 Chr 10:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7When all the men of Israel in the valley saw that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and settled in them.

    8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
    75%

    3Saul camped on the hill of Hachilah, which faces the wilderness along the road, while David stayed in the wilderness. When he saw that Saul had come into the wilderness after him,

  • 1 Sam 17:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1The Philistines gathered their armies for battle and assembled at Socoh, which belongs to Judah. They camped between Socoh and Azekah, at Ephes-dammim.

    2Saul and the men of Israel also gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah, arranging themselves for battle against the Philistines.

  • 2 Sam 21:12-14
    3 verses
    74%

    12he went and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)

    13David brought up the bones of Saul and Jonathan, his son, from there, and they also gathered the bones of those who had been executed.

    14They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin at Zela, in the tomb of Saul's father Kish. They did everything the king commanded. After that, God responded to the prayers for the land.

  • 1 Sam 31:11
    74%

    11When the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

  • Neh 11:31
    74%

    31The descendants of Benjamin lived in Geba, Michmash, Aija, Bethel, and its surrounding villages.

  • 1 Sam 31:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7When the Israelites on the other side of the valley and the Jordan saw that Israel's army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and occupied them.

    8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    73%

    17David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan:

  • 1 Chr 10:11
    73%

    11When all the people of Jabesh-Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, they acted.

  • 1 Sam 23:18
    73%

    18The two of them made a covenant before the LORD. Then David remained in the woods, and Jonathan returned to his house.

  • 1 Sam 14:13
    73%

    13Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. The Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off.

  • 1 Sam 14:40
    73%

    40Then Saul said to all Israel, 'You stand on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will stand on the other.' And the people said to Saul, 'Do whatever seems right to you.'

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    73%

    12Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 1 Sam 17:19
    73%

    19Saul, your brothers, and the men of Israel are in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 22:6
    73%

    6Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. Saul was seated in Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the hill, spear in hand, with all his servants standing around him.

  • 1 Sam 15:34
    73%

    34Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

  • Judg 20:14
    72%

    14Instead, the Benjaminites gathered from their cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the Israelites.

  • 2 Sam 1:12
    72%

    12They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul, for Jonathan his son, for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

  • 1 Chr 9:40
    72%

    40The son of Jonathan was Meribbaal, and Meribbaal was the father of Micah.

  • 1 Sam 26:5
    72%

    5Then David got up and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army, were lying down. Saul was lying inside the camp with the troops encamped around him.