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15 And Samuel left and went on his way from Gilgal.[a] The rest of the people followed Saul to join the army; they went up from Gilgal towards Gibeah of Benjamin.[b]

Preparations for Battle

Saul counted the people who were present with him, about six hundred men. 16 Saul, his son Jonathan, and the people who were present with them stayed in Geba of Benjamin; but the Philistines encamped at Michmash. 17 And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies; one company turned towards Ophrah, to the land of Shual,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:15 Gk: Heb went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin
  2. 1 Samuel 13:15 Gk: Heb lacks The rest . . . of Benjamin

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