撒母耳记上 13:2

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

他從以色列人中為自己揀選了三千人；兩千人和掃羅一同駐在密抹和伯特利山，一千人與約拿單一同駐在便雅憫的基比亞。其餘的人，掃羅都遣散他們各回自己的家去了。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
就 从 以 色 列 中 拣 选 了 三 千 人 ： 二 千 跟 随 扫 罗 在 密 抹 和 伯 特 利 山 ， 一 千 跟 随 约 拿 单 在 便 雅 悯 的 基 比 亚 ； 其 馀 的 人 扫 罗 都 打 发 各 回 各 家 去 了 。

Contextual Overview

¹ Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king over Israel forty-two years. ² Saul chose three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand men stayed with him at Micmash in the mountains of Bethel, and one thousand men stayed with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. Saul sent the other men in the army back home. ³ Jonathan attacked the Philistine camp in Geba, and the other Philistines heard about it. Saul said, "Let the Hebrews hear what happened." So he told the men to blow trumpets through all the land of Israel. ⁴ All the Israelites heard the news. The men said, "Saul has defeated the Philistine camp. Now the Philistines will really hate us!" Then the Israelites were called to join Saul at Gilgal. ⁵ The Philistines gathered to fight Israel with three thousand chariots and six thousand men to ride in them. Their soldiers were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. The Philistines went and camped at Micmash, which is east of Beth Aven. ⁶ When the Israelites saw that they were in trouble, they went to hide in caves and bushes, among the rocks, and in pits and wells. ⁷ Some Hebrews even went across the Jordan River to the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul stayed at Gilgal, and all the men in his army were shaking with fear.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

chose: 1 Samuel 8:11, 1 Samuel 14:52

Michmash: Michmash was situated east of Bethaven, or Bethel; and Eusebius says it was in his time a considerable place, about nine miles from Jerusalem, towards Rama. 1 Samuel 13:5, 1 Samuel 13:23, 1 Samuel 14:5, 1 Samuel 14:31, Isaiah 10:28

in Gibeah: 1 Samuel 10:26, 1 Samuel 15:34, Joshua 18:28, Judges 19:12, 2 Samuel 21:6, Isaiah 10:29

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:11 - Michmash 1 Samuel 13:15 - about six 1 Samuel 14:1 - Jonathan 1 Samuel 18:5 - the men of war 1 Samuel 24:2 - Saul took 1 Samuel 31:2 - Jonathan

Cross-References

Genesis 13:1
So Abram, his wife, and Lot left Egypt, taking everything they owned, and traveled to southern Canaan.

Genesis 13:3
He left southern Canaan and went back to Bethel where he had camped before, between Bethel and Ai,

Genesis 13:9
We should separate. The whole land is there in front of you. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left."

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked all around and saw the whole Jordan Valley and that there was much water there. It was like the Lord 's garden, like the land of Egypt in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Genesis 13:12
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived among the cities in the Jordan Valley, very near to Sodom.

Genesis 13:13
Now the people of Sodom were very evil and were always sinning against the Lord .

Genesis 24:35
The Lord has greatly blessed my master in everything, and he has become a rich man. The Lord has given him many flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, camels, and horses.

Deuteronomy 8:18
but remember the Lord your God! It is he who gives you the power to become rich, keeping the agreement he promised to your ancestors, as it is today.

1 Samuel 2:7
The Lord makes some people poor, and others he makes rich. He makes some people humble, and others he makes great.

Job 1:3
He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel,.... Out of the 300,000 that went with him to fight the Ammonites, and returned with him to Gilgal, where he now was, and had stayed as may be supposed about a year, since now he had reigned two years. These 3000 men some of them doubtless were appointed as a guard about his person, and the rest were a standing army to preserve the peace of the nation, to protect them from their enemies, to watch the motions of the Philistines, and to be ready on any sudden invasion:

whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash, and in Mount Bethel; "Michmash", according to Bunting, s was four miles from Gilgal. Jerom t says, in his time it was shown a large village on the borders of Aella, or Jerusalem, retaining its ancient name, nine miles distant from it, near the village Rama. Adrichomius u says it is now called Byra, and Mr. Maundrell w observes that it is supposed by some to be the same with Beer, whither Jotham fled after he had delivered his parable, Judges 9:21. Michmash is in the Misnah x celebrated for the best wheat being brought from it; and near to it, as appears from hence, was Bethel, and the mount of that name; and so Jerom y speaks of Bethel as over against Michmash; and this mount very probably is the same said to be on the east of Bethel, where Abraham built an altar, Genesis 12:8 for Michmash lay to the east of Bethel:

and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; the native place of Saul, and this Jonathan was the son of Saul, 1 Samuel 13:16. According to Bunting z, Gibeah, where Jonathan was stationed, was eight miles from Michmash:

and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent; to their own houses; or, as the Targum, to their cities; these were they that came at his summons, and were numbered at Bezek, and went with him to the relief of Jabeshgilead, and had been with him ever since, and now dismissed.

s Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 126. t De loc Heb. fol. 93. F. u Thestrum Terrae S. p. 28. w Journey from Aleppo, p. 64. x Menachot, c. 8. sect. 1. y Ut supra, (De loc Heb.) fol. 89. G. z Ut supra, (Travels of the Patriarchs, &c.) p. 127.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The state of things which preceded the events described in this chapter seems to have been a comparative peace between Israel and the Philistines, since Saul had only 3,000 men under arms. At the same time Philistine garrisons continued to occupy the country of the Israelites in certain strong places, whereof one was at Geba (Jeba), in the immediate neighborhood of Gibeah 1Sa 10:5; 1 Samuel 13:3, and exactly opposite Michmash (Mukhmas), which was on the northern edge of the great Wady Suweinit.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 13:2. Two thousand were with Saul — Saul, no doubt, meditated the redemption of his country from the Philistines; and having chosen three thousand men, he thought best to divide them into companies, and send one against the Philistine garrison at Michmash, another against that at Beth-el, and the third against that at Gibeah: he perhaps hoped, by surprising these garrisons, to get swords and spears for his men, of which we find, (1 Samuel 13:22), they were entirely destitute.