1 Samuel 11:5   (Read all of 1 Samuel 11)

Just then Saul was returning from the fields, behind his oxen, and he asked, "What is wrong with everyone? Why are they weeping?" Then they repeated to him what the men of Jabesh had said.

1 Samuel 11:6   (Read all of 1 Samuel 11)

When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he burned with anger.

1 Samuel 11:7   (Read all of 1 Samuel 11)

He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent the pieces by messengers throughout Israel, proclaiming, "This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel." Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out together as one.

1 Samuel 11:8   (Read all of 1 Samuel 11)

When Saul mustered them at Bezek, the men of Israel numbered three hundred thousand and those of Judah thirty thousand.

1 Samuel 11:11   (Read all of 1 Samuel 11)

The next day Saul separated his men into three divisions; during the last watch of the night they broke into the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

1 Samuel 11:12   (Read all of 1 Samuel 11)

The people then said to Samuel, "Who was it that asked, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Turn these men over to us so that we may put them to death."

1 Samuel 11:13   (Read all of 1 Samuel 11)

But Saul said, "No one will be put to death today, for this day the Lord has rescued Israel."

1 Samuel 11:15   (Read all of 1 Samuel 11)

So all the people went to Gilgal and made Saul king in the presence of the Lord. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings before the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites held a great celebration.

1 Samuel 13:1   (Read all of 1 Samuel 13)

Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty- two years.

1 Samuel 13:2   (Read all of 1 Samuel 13)

Saul 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.

1 Samuel 13:3   (Read all of 1 Samuel 13)

Jonathan 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!"

1 Samuel 13:4   (Read all of 1 Samuel 13)

So 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.

1 Samuel 13:7   (Read all of 1 Samuel 13)

Some 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.

1 Samuel 13:8   (Read all of 1 Samuel 13)

He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul's men began to scatter.

1 Samuel 13:9   (Read all of 1 Samuel 13)

So he said, "Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings." And Saul offered up the burnt offering.

1 Samuel 13:10   (Read all of 1 Samuel 13)

Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.

1 Samuel 13:11   (Read all of 1 Samuel 13)

"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,

1 Samuel 13:15   (Read all of 1 Samuel 13)

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

1 Samuel 13:16   (Read all of 1 Samuel 13)

Saul and his son Jonathan and the men with them were staying in Gibeah in Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Mikmash.

1 Samuel 13:22   (Read all of 1 Samuel 13)

So 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.

1 Samuel 14:1   (Read all of 1 Samuel 14)

One day Jonathan son of Saul said to his young armor-bearer, "Come, let's go over to the Philistine outpost on the other side." But he did not tell his father.

1 Samuel 14:2   (Read all of 1 Samuel 14)

Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron. With him were about six hundred men,

1 Samuel 14:16   (Read all of 1 Samuel 14)

Saul's lookouts at Gibeah in Benjamin saw the army melting away in all directions.

1 Samuel 14:17   (Read all of 1 Samuel 14)

Then Saul said to the men who were with him, "Muster the forces and see who has left us." When they did, it was Jonathan and his armor-bearer who were not there.