1 Samuel 13

1 Samuel 13:1

13:1 Saul reigned \ one year; and when he had reigned \ two years over Israel,

(a) While these things were done. (b) Before he took upon himself the state of a king.

1 Samuel 13:3

13:3 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.

(c) Of Kirjath-jearim, where the ark was, 1 Samuel 10:5. (d) That everyone should prepare themselves to fight.

1 Samuel 13:5

13:5 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 \ Bethaven.

(e) Which was also called Beth-el, in the tribe of Benjamin.

1 Samuel 13:7

13:7 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.

(f) Where the two tribes and the half remained.

1 Samuel 13:8

13:8 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.

(g) Thinking that the absence of the prophet was a sign, that they would lose the victory.

1 Samuel 13:11

13:11 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;

(h) Though these causes seem sufficient in man’s judgment: yet because they had not the word of God, they turned to his destruction.

1 Samuel 13:13

13:13 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.

(i) Who willed you to obey him, and rest on the words spoken by his prophet.

1 Samuel 13:14

13:14 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.

(k) That is, David.

1 Samuel 13:15

13:15 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.

(l) And went to his city Ramah.

1 Samuel 13:18

13:18 And another company turned the way [to] Bethhoron: and \ another company turned [to] the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

(m) So that to man’s judgment these three armies would have overrun the whole country.

1 Samuel 13:22

13:22 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.

(n) To declare that the victory only came from God, and not by their force.