{"id":1336,"date":"2026-08-18T18:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/1samuel13\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:16:31","slug":"1samuel13","status":"publish","type":"bible-event-page","link":"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/1samuel13\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Samuel 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><head><meta content=\"text\/html; charset=UTF-8\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">@import url(https:\/\/themes.googleusercontent.com\/fonts\/css?kit=dpiI8CyVsrzWsJLBFKehGpLhv3qFjX7dUn1mYxfCXhI);ol{margin:0;padding:0}table td,table th{padding:0}.c5{background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:12pt;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.15;border-bottom-style:solid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:justify}.c1{background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:12pt;padding-bottom:12pt;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:justify}.c10{padding-top:0pt;padding-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left;height:11pt}.c0{font-size:8.5pt;font-family:\"Roboto\";color:#008ae6;font-weight:700}.c8{font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:\"Arial\"}.c9{color:#001320;font-weight:700;font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\"}.c2{font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\";color:#001320;font-weight:400}.c7{text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal}.c3{background-color:#ffffff;max-width:468pt;padding:72pt 72pt 72pt 72pt}.c6{color:#008ae6;font-size:8.5pt;font-style:italic}.c4{color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit}.title{padding-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-size:26pt;padding-bottom:3pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}.subtitle{padding-top:0pt;color:#666666;font-size:15pt;padding-bottom:16pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}li{color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:\"Arial\"}p{margin:0;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:\"Arial\"}h1{padding-top:20pt;color:#000000;font-size:20pt;padding-bottom:6pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h2{padding-top:18pt;color:#000000;font-size:16pt;padding-bottom:6pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h3{padding-top:16pt;color:#434343;font-size:14pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h4{padding-top:14pt;color:#666666;font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h5{padding-top:12pt;color:#666666;font-size:11pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h6{padding-top:12pt;color:#666666;font-size:11pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;font-style:italic;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}<\/style>\n<p><\/head><body class=\"c3 doc-content\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c9 c7\">War with the Philistines<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-1.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966246466&amp;usg=AOvVaw1zKIzXXHctNbCGqnPLwC9U\">1<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">Saul was thirty years old<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966246582&amp;usg=AOvVaw0XJK6gxNkc5_aI7bC4-f_p\">a<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">&nbsp;when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966246682&amp;usg=AOvVaw0vCQKs-TGwbPYPdXY2dJJK\">b<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-2.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966246727&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ud3rEjeSs7pRCTjsf5tVi\">2<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-3.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966246990&amp;usg=AOvVaw2osT1pchIlo90bjJuzo9Ym\">3<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram&rsquo;s horn throughout the land, saying, &ldquo;Let the Hebrews hear!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-4.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966247175&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KS73A3PaE9QUJGJGm1SG1\">4<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">And all Israel heard the news: &ldquo;Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!&rdquo; Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-5.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966247376&amp;usg=AOvVaw2-Y2rUzePNqWMBqrZg_VSh\">5<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966247468&amp;usg=AOvVaw0LW7L1FfKgJvQR6xwnGreb\">c<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">&nbsp;chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-6.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966247641&amp;usg=AOvVaw0SVbXVSSfxa_M1XCITaRWf\">6<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns. <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-7.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966247830&amp;usg=AOvVaw2sd8c7d8sfSGdTGR5SiHNf\">7<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c7 c9\">Saul&rsquo;s Unlawful Sacrifice<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-8.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966248030&amp;usg=AOvVaw3s725BRFkMlZoYtf_LokUJ\">8<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul. <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-9.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966248176&amp;usg=AOvVaw384iOyg_v67-oIJ8HjmHI7\">9<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">So he said, &ldquo;Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.&rdquo; And he offered up the burnt offering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-10.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966248324&amp;usg=AOvVaw3TJmy87AScdaR2cBC2agx_\">10<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-11.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966248466&amp;usg=AOvVaw28lnksKHKNQwuluaw7Efu0\">11<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">&ldquo;What have you done?&rdquo; Samuel asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\">And Saul replied, &ldquo;When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash, <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-12.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966248729&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ajO47BVo9q3FwpDSUR4pl\">12<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">I thought, &lsquo;Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.&rsquo; So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-13.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966248912&amp;usg=AOvVaw3MQfltRMr-2n5kxpqvi-Y3\">13<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">&ldquo;You have acted foolishly,&rdquo; Samuel declared. &ldquo;You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-14.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966249083&amp;usg=AOvVaw0LhOUVpuawpWUK4zRuHqt8\">14<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-15.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966249298&amp;usg=AOvVaw2UPXbLcHjRnP8U1MaRpy4U\">15<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin.<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966249395&amp;usg=AOvVaw183YXWPx0o67wID_7E9mtX\">d<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">&nbsp;And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c9 c7\">Israel without Weapons<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-16.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966249646&amp;usg=AOvVaw3RdCxnJvb7jMOuYCFw_Sk6\">16<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash. <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-17.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966249795&amp;usg=AOvVaw07LFwDs954PjGSQgizRF-e\">17<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual, <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-18.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966249920&amp;usg=AOvVaw3PfI-jUSkMHkxRd7yL1Lrh\">18<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-19.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966250081&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Aoc91jMRWolUZ4s0KXF5Q\">19<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, &ldquo;The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.&rdquo; <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-20.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966250233&amp;usg=AOvVaw3JgrWlLQx-m6zqJztbJRtq\">20<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966250355&amp;usg=AOvVaw0aY0EpVU9VfIwslfPAMoCc\">e<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-21.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966250401&amp;usg=AOvVaw39ZvEXtcPc5MSEXXc-kxGS\">21<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">The charge was a pim<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966250478&amp;usg=AOvVaw1PJ154SJqnx_Pt1P2icTrz\">f<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">&nbsp;for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966250645&amp;usg=AOvVaw1WwuoXxV7CzZJCns24ie1S\">g<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-22.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966250711&amp;usg=AOvVaw182COmSwQr4tcof4VYbEiD\">22<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/13-23.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251966250910&amp;usg=AOvVaw1S8kxF284pQJQrui8vOeBE\">23<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c7\">And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c10\"><span class=\"c2 c7\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c10\"><span class=\"c2 c7\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1336","bible-event-page","type-bible-event-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"War with the Philistines1Saul was thirty years olda when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.b 2He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. 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