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1 Samuel 13:15-19

1 Samuel 13:15

Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul counted the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.

1 Samuel 13:16

Now Saul, his son Jonathan, and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

1 Samuel 13:17

Then raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual,

1 Samuel 13:18

and another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the border that overlooks the Valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

1 Samuel 13:19

Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”