1 Samuel 13 – NIV & CCBT

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1 Samuel 13:1-23

Samuel Rebukes Saul

1Saul was thirty13:1 A few late manuscripts of the Septuagint; Hebrew does not have thirty. years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-13:1 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Acts 13:21); Masoretic Text does not have forty-. two years.

2Saul chose three thousand men from Israel; two thousand were with him at Mikmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. The rest of the men he sent back to their homes.

3Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul had the trumpet blown throughout the land and said, “Let the Hebrews hear!” 4So all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel has become obnoxious to the Philistines.” And the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

5The Philistines assembled to fight Israel, with three thousand13:5 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew thirty thousand chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash, east of Beth Aven. 6When the Israelites saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard pressed, they hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns. 7Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.

Saul remained at Gilgal, and all the troops with him were quaking with fear. 8He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul’s men began to scatter. 9So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.” And Saul offered up the burnt offering. 10Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.

11“What have you done?” asked Samuel.

Saul replied, “When I saw that the men were scattering, and that you did not come at the set time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Mikmash, 12I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

13“You have done a foolish thing,” Samuel said. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. 14But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.”

15Then Samuel left Gilgal13:15 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 and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin, and Saul counted the men who were with him. They numbered about six hundred.

Israel Without Weapons

16Saul and his son Jonathan and the men with them were staying in Gibeah13:16 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts Geba, a variant of Gibeah in Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Mikmash. 17Raiding parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah in the vicinity of Shual, 18another toward Beth Horon, and the third toward the borderland overlooking the Valley of Zeboyim facing the wilderness.

19Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!” 20So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plow points, mattocks, axes and sickles13:20 Septuagint; Hebrew plow points sharpened. 21The price was two-thirds of a shekel13:21 That is, about 1/4 ounce or about 8 grams for sharpening plow points and mattocks, and a third of a shekel13:21 That is, about 1/8 ounce or about 4 grams for sharpening forks and axes and for repointing goads.

22So on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan had a sword or spear in his hand; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

Jonathan Attacks the Philistines

23Now a detachment of Philistines had gone out to the pass at Mikmash.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

撒母耳記上 13:1-23

掃羅犯罪

1掃羅四十歲13·1 希伯來文無「四十歲」,一些七十士希臘譯本有此數字。登基。他在統治以色列的第二年, 2以色列人中選出三千人,親自帶領其中的兩千人到密抹伯特利山,另外一千人和約拿單留在便雅憫境內的基比亞。他把其餘的人遣散回家。 3約拿單攻打迦巴非利士駐軍,非利士人聽到了這消息。於是,掃羅在各地吹響號角,通告希伯來人。 4以色列眾人聽說掃羅攻打非利士人的駐軍,並聽說非利士人對以色列人恨之入骨,便回應掃羅的號召,聚集在吉甲5非利士人調兵遣將,要攻打以色列。他們有三萬輛戰車和六千騎兵,步兵多如海邊的沙。大軍來到伯·亞文以東的密抹,駐紮在那裡。 6以色列人看見敵軍壓境,情勢危急,紛紛躲進山洞、叢林、石穴、地洞和坑裡。 7有些希伯來人過了約旦河,逃到迦得基列。但掃羅仍然留在吉甲,跟隨他的人都害怕得發抖。

8掃羅按著撒母耳所定的日期在吉甲等了七天,可是撒母耳還沒有來。掃羅的軍兵開始溜走。 9於是,掃羅說:「你們把燔祭和平安祭帶到我這裡來」。他就獻上了燔祭。 10掃羅剛把燔祭獻完,撒母耳就來了,掃羅出去迎接他,向他問安。 11撒母耳掃羅說:「你做的是什麼事?」掃羅答道:「我看見手下的人不斷離我而去,你到了約定的時候還沒有來,而且非利士人就聚集在密抹12我想非利士人就要到吉甲來攻打我們了,但我們還沒有向耶和華求助,我迫不得已,就獻上燔祭了。」 13撒母耳說:「你真糊塗!你違背了你的上帝耶和華的命令。祂本來要使你的王位在以色列永遠堅立, 14但現在你的王位不能長久了,耶和華已經找到一個合祂心意的人,要立他做百姓的君王。因為你沒有遵守耶和華的命令。」 15撒母耳離開吉甲便雅憫境內的基比亞掃羅數了一下跟隨他的人,約有六百人。

16掃羅及其兒子約拿單和隨從留在便雅憫境內的迦巴非利士人則在密抹紮營。 17非利士人分成三隊施行突襲,一隊前往書亞境內的俄弗拉18一隊前往伯·和崙,一隊前往邊境地區,那裡可以俯瞰曠野附近的洗波音穀

19那時,以色列全境找不到一個鐵匠,這是因為非利士人的禁令,以免希伯來人製造刀槍。 20以色列人都要到非利士的鐵匠那裡去磨鋤、犁、斧和鏟。 21磨鋤或犁要花八克銀子,磨三齒叉、斧頭或趕畜棒要花四克銀子。 22所以在交戰的日子,除了掃羅約拿單外,其他以色列人手上都沒有刀槍。 23當時非利士的一隊防兵前往密抹的隘口駐守。