1 SAMUEL 13:4

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.”

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1 Samuel 13:4 Translation & Meaning

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And all וְכָל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֞ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
heard שָֽׁמְע֣וּ To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) heard
say לֵאמֹ֗ר To say (used with great latitude) say
that (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
Saul שָׁאוּל֙ Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites Saul
had smitten הִכָּ֤ה To strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) smitten
a garrison נְצִ֣יב Something stationary, i.e., a prefect, a military post, a statue garrison
of the Philistines, פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים A Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth Philistines
and Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
that (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
also וְגַם Properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and also
was had in abomination נִבְאַשׁ To smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally abomination
with the Philistines. בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים A Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth Philistines
And the people הָעָ֛ם A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock people
were called together וַיִּצָּֽעֲק֥וּ To shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly) called together
after אַֽחֲרֵ֥י Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) after
Saul שָׁא֖וּל Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites Saul
to Gilgal. הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃ Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine Gilgal

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  • 2  Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

  • 3  And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

  • 4  And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

  • 5  And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.

  • 6  When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.




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