Verse 12
1 Samuel 13:12
World English Bible, British Edition
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therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal,
and I haven’t entreated the favour of the LORD.’ I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אֹמַ֗ר עַ֠תָּה יֵרְד֨וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֤ים אֵלַ/י֙ הַ/גִּלְגָּ֔ל וּ/פְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א חִלִּ֑יתִי וָֽ/אֶתְאַפַּ֔ק וָ/אַעֲלֶ֖ה הָ/עֹלָֽה
English Translation
And I said, "Now the Philistines will come down to me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication before the Lord." So I took courage and offered the burnt offering.
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Chapter 13 Context
1
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel
forty-two years.
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2
Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel, of which
two thousand were with Saul in Michmas...
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3
Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and
the Philistines heard of it. S...
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4
All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines,
and also that Israel was cons...
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5
The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel: thirty
thousand chariots, six th...
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6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people
were distressed), then the peop...
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7
Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and
Gilead; but as for Saul, he...
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8
He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel; but Samuel
didn’t come to Gilgal, and the...
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9
Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering to me here, and the peace offerings.”
He offered the burnt offe...
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10
It came to pass that as soon as he had finished offering the
burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; an...
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11
Samuel said, “What have you done?”
Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattered from me,...
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12
therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal,
and I haven’t entreated the f...
13
Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not
kept the commandment of the LORD your Go...
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14
But now your kingdom will not continue. The LORD has sought for himself
a man after his own heart, a...
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15
Samuel arose, and went from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul
counted the people who were present w...
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16
Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them,
stayed in Geba of Benjamin; b...
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17
The raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies:
one company turned to the wa...
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18
another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned
the way of the border that...
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19
Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel,
for the Philistines said, “Lest...
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20
but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, each man to sharpen
his own ploughshare, mattoc...
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21
The price was one payim each to sharpen
mattocks, ploughshares, pitchforks, axes, and goads.
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22
So it came to pass in the day of battle that neither sword nor spear
was found in the hand of any of...
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23
The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
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