Verse 2

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.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 10:26 : 26 Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched.
  • 1 Sam 13:5 : 5 Meanwhile the Philistines gathered to battle with Israel. Then they went up against Israel with 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 Sam 14:31 : 31 On that day the army struck down the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon, and they became very tired.
  • 1 Sam 13:23 : 23 Jonathan Ignites a Battle A garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Micmash.
  • 1 Sam 14:5 : 5 The cliff to the north was closer to Micmash, the one to the south closer to Geba.
  • 1 Sam 14:52 : 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 Sam 15:34 : 34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
  • 2 Sam 21:6 : 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.”
  • Isa 10:28-29 : 28 They attacked Aiath, moved through Migron, depositing their supplies at Micmash. 29 They went through the pass, spent the night at Geba. Ramah trembled, Gibeah of Saul ran away.
  • Josh 18:28 : 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.
  • Judg 19:12 : 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 Sam 8:11 : 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.