1Sa 13:1
13:1 Saul reigned {a} one year; and when he had reigned {b} two
     years over Israel,

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

1Sa 13:3
13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that
     [was] in {c} Geba, and the Philistines heard [of it]. And
     Saul blew the {d} trumpet throughout all the land, saying,
     Let the Hebrews hear.

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

1Sa 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 {e} Bethaven.

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

1Sa 13:7
13:7 And [some of] the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of
     {f} 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.

1Sa 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 {g} scattered from him.

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

1Sa 13:11
13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said,
      Because I saw that the people were {h} 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.

1Sa 13:13
13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou
      hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy {i} 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.

1Sa 13:14
13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath
      sought him a {k} 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.

1Sa 13:15
13:15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto {l}
      Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people [that
      were] present with him, about six hundred men.

      (l) And went to his city Ramah.

1Sa 13:18
13:18 And another company turned the way [to] Bethhoron: and {m}
      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.

1Sa 13:22
13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was
      neither {n} 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.



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