1 Samuel 13:1-3

English Standard Version Anglicised

Saul Fights the Philistines

13 Saul was…^[a] years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for… and two^[b] years over Israel.

² Saul chose three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in ^(A)Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in ^(B)Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent. ³ Jonathan defeated ^(C)the garrison of the Philistines that was ^(D)at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul ^(E)blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”