Day 101, 10 April 2024

1) 1 Chronicles 9:35-39
1 Samuel 13, 14

1 Chronicles 9:35-39

35 Now Jeiel the father of Gibeon,
whose wife's name was Maakah, dwelt in Gibeon.
36 His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38 Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. These also dwelt in Jerusalem
with their own families near their brothers.
39 (1Sa 13:22) Ner became the father of Kish; Kish the father of Saul;
Saul the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.

[35] And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was
Maachah:
[36] And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and
Nadab,
[37] And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
[38] And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at
Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
[39] And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and
Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

1 Samuel 13, 1 Samuel 14
1 SAMUEL 13

Saul Fails His Commission
1 Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned 42 years over Israel. [Lit. “The son of a year
was Saul in his ruling and two years he ruled over Israel.”]
[Most translations read in Saul’s age and length of reign
from external evidence (Josephus) or from the New Testament
(Paul, who mentions a forty-year reign for Saul in Ac 13:21).
2 (1Sa 10:26; 13:5) Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel.
2000 were with Saul in Mikmash and in mountains of Bethel,
and a 1000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin.
The rest of the people he sent each to his tent.
3 (1Sa 10:5; Jdg 3:27) Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines
that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew
the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear."
4 (Ge 34:30; Ex 5:21) All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison
of the Philistines, and that Israel had become odious to the Philistines.
And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
5 (Jos 11:4; 1Sa 14:23) The Philistines gathered together to fight
with Israel, 30000 chariots and 6000 horsemen, with people
like the sand which is on the seashore in multitude.
And they came up and camped in Mikmash, east of Beth Aven.

[1] Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
[2] Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were
with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan
in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his
tent.
[3] And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and
the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the
land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
[4] And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the
Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the
Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
[5] And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel,
thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand
which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in
Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.

6 (Jdg 6:2; Heb 11:38) When Israel's fighting men saw that they
were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people
hid themselves in caves, in hollows, among rocks, and in cellars
and cisterns.
7 Some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.
But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him,
trembling.
8 (1Sa 10:8) He waited seven days, according to the set time that Samuel
had appointed. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people
were scattered from him.
9 (1Ki 3:4; Dt 12:6) Saul said, "Bring here to me the burnt offering
and the peace offerings." Then he offered the burnt offering.
10 (1Sa 15:13) When he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel came.
And Saul went out to meet him to greet him.
11 (1Sa 13:2; 13:5) Samuel said, "What have you done?"
And Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattered from me,
and that you did not come to the appointed assembly days, and the Philistines
are gathering themselves together at Mikmash,
12 therefore I said, 'The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal,
and I have not yet appeased the face of the Lord.'
So I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering."
13 (2Ch 16:9; 1Sa 15:11) Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly.
You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God,
which He commanded you. Truly now, the Lord would have established
your kingdom over Israel forever.
14 (1Sa 15:28; Ac 13:22) But now your kingdom will not continue.
The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart
and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over His people,
because you have not kept that which the Lord commanded you."
15 (1Sa 13:2; 14:2) Samuel arose, and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah
of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him,
about six hundred men.
Israel Unarmed
16 Now Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were with them,
were staying in Gibeah of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Mikmash.
17 (Jos 18:23; 1Sa 14:15) Then raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines
in three companies. One company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah,
to the land of Shual.
18 (Ne 11:34; Jos 18:13-14) And another company turned the way to Beth Horon.
And another company turned to the way of the border that looks to the Valley
of Zeboyim toward the wilderness.

[6] When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people
were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in
thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
[7] And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.
As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him
trembling.
[8] And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had
appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from
him.
[9] And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings.
And he offered the burnt offering.
[10] And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he
might salute him.
[11] And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that
the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days
appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at
Michmash;
[12] Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal,
and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore,
and offered a burnt offering.
[13] And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept
the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would
the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
[14] But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man
after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his
people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
[15] And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin.
And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred
men.
[16] And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with
them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
[17] And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the
land of Shual:
[18] And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company
turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward
the wilderness.

19 (2Ki 24:14; Jdg 5:8) Now there was no blacksmith found throughout
all the land of Israel. For the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make
for themselves swords or spears."
20 So all the children of Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen
every man his plow-point, his axe, his adze and his hoe.
21 The sharpening charge was two-thirds of a shekel
(About 1/4 ounce, or 8 grams.) for plow-points, axes, pitchforks, and adzes,
and to fix an ox-goad.
22 (Jdg 5:8) So it came to pass on the day of battle, that neither sword
nor spear were found in the hand of any of the people who were with
Saul and Jonathan. But they were found in the hand of Saul
and Jonathan his son.
23 (Isa 10:28; 1Sa 14:1) And the garrison of the Philistines had marched
out to the ravine of Mikmash.

[19] Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the
Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
[20] But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every
man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
[21] Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the
forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
[22] So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword
nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and
Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
[23] And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of
Michmash.