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1 Samuel 13:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. "

1 Samuel 13:7

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5 The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.

6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, and in pits.

7 Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

8 He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel; but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.

9 Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering to me here, and the peace offerings.” He offered the burnt offering.

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1 Samuel 10:26

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"Saul also went to his house in Gibeah; and the army went with him, whose hearts God had touched."

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1 Samuel 11:15

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"All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal. There they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly."

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1 Chronicles 5:10

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"In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead."

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Judges 20:1

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"Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to the LORD at Mizpah."

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Isaiah 10:29

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"They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled."

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Joshua 10:43

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"Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal."

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1 Samuel 13:1

"Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years."

1 Samuel 13:2

"Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the people to their own tents."

1 Samuel 13:3

"Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”"

1 Samuel 13:4

"All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was considered an abomination to the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal."

1 Samuel 13:5

"The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven."

1 Samuel 13:6

"When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, and in pits."

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