² Now Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel, of whom two thousand were with Saul in ^(A)Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while a thousand were with Jonathan at ^(B)Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent the rest of the people away, each to his tent.

⁶ When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard-pressed), then ^(A)the people kept themselves hidden in caves, in crevices, in cliffs, in crypts, and in pits. ⁷ And some of the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of ^(B)Gad and Gilead. But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him, trembling.

² Saul was staying on the outskirts of ^(A)Gibeah under the pomegranate tree that is in ^(B)Migron. And the people who were with him numbered ^(C)about six hundred men;