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1 Samuel 13:2-4
Evangelical Heritage Version
1 Samuel 13:2-4
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul at Mikmash and in the hill country near Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah[a] of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the people to their own tents.
3 Jonathan struck the Philistine garrison[b] that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land and said, “Let the Hebrews hear!” 4 All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines and that Israel had become a stench to the Philistines. The people were summoned to meet Saul at Gilgal.
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- 1 Samuel 13:2 Gibeah is the reading of the Hebrew text. The Greek Old Testament reads Geba. If the reading Gibeah is correct, Jonathan launched his attack from the more distant Gibeah rather than already being at a forward position near Geba as the Greek says.
- 1 Samuel 13:3 Or post or outpost. The meaning of this Hebrew term is uncertain.
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