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First Book of Samuel, Chapter 13

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1 Samuel 13 NASB - New American Standard Bible1 Samuel 13 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 13 of 1 Samuel—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Saul was [a]thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned [b]forty two years over Israel.
  2. ¶ Now Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in 1Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1,000 were with Jonathan at 2Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent.
  3. Jonathan smote 3the garrison of the Philistines that was in 4Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul 5blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”
  4. All Israel heard [c]the news that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel 6had become odious to the Philistines. The people were then summoned [d]to Saul at Gilgal.
  5. ¶ Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and 7people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of 8Beth-aven.
  6. When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed), then 9the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits.
  7. Also some of the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of 10Gad and Gilead. But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
  8. ¶ Now 11he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him.
  9. So Saul said, “Bring to me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And 12he offered the burnt offering.
  10. As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and 13Saul went out to meet him and to [e]greet him.
  11. But Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that 14the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,
  12. therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the LORD.’ So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering.”
  13. Samuel said to Saul, “15You have acted foolishly; 16you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, for now the LORD would have established your kingdom [f]over Israel 17forever.
  14. But 18now your kingdom shall not endure. 19The LORD has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.”
  15. ¶ Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to 20Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul [g]numbered the people who were present with him, 21about six hundred men.
  16. Now Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were present with them were staying in 22Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
  17. And 23the [h]raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three [i]companies: one [j]company turned [k]toward 24Ophrah, to the land of Shual,
  18. and another [l]company turned [m]toward 25Beth-horon, and another [n]company turned [o]toward the border which overlooks the valley of 26Zeboim toward the wilderness.
  19. ¶ Now 27no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make [p]28swords or spears.”
  20. So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe.
  21. The charge was [q]two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to fix the hoes.
  22. So it came about on the day of battle that 29neither sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan.
  23. And 30the garrison of the Philistines went out to 31the pass of Michmash.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ As in some mss of the LXX; Heb omits thirty
  2. ^ See Acts 13:21; Heb omits forty
  3. ^ Lit saying
  4. ^ Lit after
  5. ^ Lit bless
  6. ^ Lit to
  7. ^ Lit mustered
  8. ^ Lit destroyers
  9. ^ Lit heads
  10. ^ Lit head
  11. ^ Lit toward the direction of
  12. ^ Lit head
  13. ^ Lit the direction of
  14. ^ Lit head
  15. ^ Lit the direction of
  16. ^ Lit sword or spear
  17. ^ Heb pim

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Sa 13:5; 14:31
  2. ^ 1Sa 10:26
  3. ^ 1Sa 10:5
  4. ^ 1Sa 13:16; 14:5
  5. ^ Jg 3:27; 6:34
  6. ^ Ge 34:30; Ex 5:21; 2Sa 10:6
  7. ^ Jos 11:4
  8. ^ Jos 18:12; 1Sa 14:23
  9. ^ Jg 6:2
  10. ^ Nu 32:33
  11. ^ 1Sa 10:8
  12. ^ De 12:5-14; 2Sa 24:25; 1Ki 3:4
  13. ^ 1Sa 15:13
  14. ^ 1Sa 13:2, 5, 16, 23
  15. ^ 2Ch 16:9
  16. ^ 1Sa 15:11, 22, 28
  17. ^ 1Sa 1:22
  18. ^ 1Sa 15:28
  19. ^ Ac 7:46; 13:22
  20. ^ 1Sa 13:2
  21. ^ 1Sa 13:2, 6, 7; 14:2
  22. ^ 1Sa 13:2, 3
  23. ^ 1Sa 14:15
  24. ^ Jos 18:23
  25. ^ Jos 16:3; 18:13, 14
  26. ^ Ne 11:34
  27. ^ Jg 5:8; 2Ki 24:14; Je 24:1; 29:2
  28. ^ Jg 5:8
  29. ^ Jg 5:8
  30. ^ 1Sa 14:1; 2Sa 23:14
  31. ^ 1Sa 14:4, 5; Is 10:28

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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