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1 Samuel 13:2

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.

KJV

Et elegit sibi Saul tria millia de Israël : et erant cum Saul duo millia in Machmas, et in monte Bethel : mille autem cum Jonatha in Gabaa Benjamin : porro ceterum populum remisit unumquemque in tabernacula sua.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἐκλέγεται Σαοὺλ ἑαυτῷ τρεῖς χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν ἐκ τῶν ἀνδρῶν Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἦσαν μετὰ Σαοὺλ δισχίλιοι ἐν Μαχεμὰς καὶ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Βαιθήλ, χίλιοι ἦσαν μετὰ Ἰωναθὰν ἐν Γαβεὲ τοῦ Βενιαμείν· καὶ τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ λαοῦ ἐξαπέστειλεν ἕκαστον εἰς τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ.

LXX

Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

ASV

וַ/יִּבְחַר ל֨/וֹ שָׁא֜וּל שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֮ מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַ/יִּהְי֨וּ עִם שָׁא֜וּל אַלְפַּ֗יִם בְּ/מִכְמָשׂ֙ וּ/בְ/הַ֣ר בֵּֽית אֵ֔ל וְ/אֶ֗לֶף הָיוּ֙ עִם י֣וֹנָתָ֔ן בְּ/גִבְעַ֖ת בִּנְיָמִ֑ין וְ/יֶ֣תֶר הָ/עָ֔ם שִׁלַּ֖ח אִ֥ישׁ לְ/אֹהָלָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In this verse

People BenjaminSaulJonathan
Places Michmash

In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
אֹ֣הֶל
'hl
noun · 344×
בִנְיָמִ֔ן
bnymn
proper_noun · 167×
בֵּֽית
byt
proper_noun · 144×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
גִּבְעָ֑ה
gb'h
proper_noun · 43×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֶ֣תֶר
ytr
noun · 102×
יוֹנָתָ֣ן
yvntn
proper_noun · 44×
מִכְמָֽשׂ
mkmsh
proper_noun · 11×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 10:26 — And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
  • 1Sam 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
  • 1Sam 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 themsel
  • 1Sam 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.
  • 1Sam 13:23 — And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
  • 1Sam 14:31 — And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
  • 1Sam 18:5 — And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s se
  • Isa 10:28 — He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: