15 Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to (A)Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul [a]counted the people who were [b]present with him, (B)about six hundred men. 16 Now Saul, his son Jonathan, and the people who were [c]present with them were staying in (C)Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash. 17 Then (D)[d]raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three [e]companies: one [f]company turned [g]toward (E)Ophrah, to the land of Shual, 18 and another [h]company turned [i]toward (F)Beth-horon, and another [j]company turned [k]toward the border that overlooks the Valley of (G)Zeboim toward the wilderness.

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:15 Lit mustered
  2. 1 Samuel 13:15 Lit found
  3. 1 Samuel 13:16 Lit found
  4. 1 Samuel 13:17 Lit destroyers
  5. 1 Samuel 13:17 Lit heads
  6. 1 Samuel 13:17 Lit head
  7. 1 Samuel 13:17 Lit to the way of
  8. 1 Samuel 13:18 Lit head
  9. 1 Samuel 13:18 Lit the way of
  10. 1 Samuel 13:18 Lit head
  11. 1 Samuel 13:18 Lit the way of

15 Then Samuel left Gilgal[a] and went up to Gibeah(A) in Benjamin, and Saul counted the men who were with him. They numbered about six hundred.(B)

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16 Saul and his son Jonathan and the men with them were staying in Gibeah[b](C) in Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Mikmash. 17 Raiding(D) parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah(E) in the vicinity of Shual, 18 another toward Beth Horon,(F) and the third toward the borderland overlooking the Valley of Zeboyim(G) facing the wilderness.

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:15 Hebrew; Septuagint Gilgal and went his way; the rest of the people went after Saul to meet the army, and they went out of Gilgal
  2. 1 Samuel 13:16 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts Geba, a variant of Gibeah