Day 100, 10 April 2026



1) 1 Chronicles 9:35-39

1 Samuel 13, 1 Samuel 14



1 Chronicles 9:35-39



35 Now Jeiel the father of Gibeon,

whose wife's name was Maakah, dwelt in Gibeon.

36 His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

38 Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. These also dwelt in Jerusalem

with their own families near their brothers.

39 (1Sa 13:22) Ner became the father of Kish; Kish the father of Saul;

Saul the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.



[35] And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was

Maachah:

[36] And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and

Nadab,

[37] And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

[38] And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at

Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

[39] And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and

Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.



1 Samuel 13, 1 Samuel 14



1 SAMUEL 13



Saul Fails His Commission

1 Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned 42 years over Israel. [Lit. “The son of a year

was Saul in his ruling and two years he ruled over Israel.”]

[Most translations read in Saul’s age and length of reign

from external evidence (Josephus) or from the New Testament

(Paul, who mentions a forty-year reign for Saul in Ac 13:21).

2 (1Sa 10:26; 13:5) Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel.

2000 were with Saul in Mikmash and in mountains of Bethel,

and a 1000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin.

The rest of the people he sent each to his tent.

3 (1Sa 10:5; Jdg 3:27) Jonathan struck 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 (Ge 34:30; Ex 5:21) All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison

of the Philistines, and that Israel had become odious to the Philistines.

And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

5 (Jos 11:4; 1Sa 14:23) The Philistines gathered together to fight

with Israel, 30000 chariots and 6000 horsemen, with people

like the sand which is on the seashore in multitude.

And they came up and camped in Mikmash, east of Beth Aven.



[1] Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

[2] Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were

with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, 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 (Jdg 6:2; Heb 11:38) When Israel's fighting men saw that they

were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people

hid themselves in caves, in hollows, among rocks, and in cellars

and cisterns.

7 Some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.

But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him,

trembling.

8 (1Sa 10:8) He waited seven days, according to the set time that Samuel

had appointed. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people

were scattered from him.

9 (1Ki 3:4; Dt 12:6) Saul said, "Bring here to me the burnt offering

and the peace offerings." Then he offered the burnt offering.

10 (1Sa 15:13) When he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel came.

And Saul went out to meet him to greet him.

11 (1Sa 13:2; 13:5) Samuel said, "What have you done?"

And Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattered from me,

and that you did not come to the appointed assembly days, and the Philistines

are gathering themselves together at Mikmash,

12 therefore I said, 'The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal,

and I have not yet appeased the face of the Lord.'

So I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering."

13 (2Ch 16:9; 1Sa 15:11) Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly.

You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God,

which He commanded you. Truly now, the Lord would have established

your kingdom over Israel forever.

14 (1Sa 15:28; Ac 13:22) But now your kingdom will not continue.

The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart

and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over His people,

because you have not kept that which the Lord commanded you."

15 (1Sa 13:2; 14:2) Samuel arose, and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah

of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him,

about six hundred men.

Israel Unarmed

16 Now Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were with them,

were staying in Gibeah of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Mikmash.

17 (Jos 18:23; 1Sa 14:15) Then raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines

in three companies. One company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah,

to the land of Shual.

18 (Ne 11:34; Jos 18:13-14) And another company turned the way to Beth Horon.

And another company turned to the way of the border that looks to the Valley

of Zeboyim toward the wilderness.



[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.

[7] And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.

As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him

trembling.

[8] And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had

appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from

him.

[9] And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings.

And he offered the burnt offering.

[10] And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the

burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he

might salute him.

[11] And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that

the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days

appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at

Michmash;

[12] Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal,

and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore,

and offered a burnt offering.

[13] And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept

the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would

the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

[14] But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man

after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his

people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

[15] And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin.

And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred

men.

[16] And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with

them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

[17] And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three

companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the

land of Shual:

[18] And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company

turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward

the wilderness.



19 (2Ki 24:14; Jdg 5:8) Now there was no blacksmith found throughout

all the land of Israel. For the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make

for themselves swords or spears."

20 So all the children of Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen

every man his plow-point, his axe, his adze and his hoe.

21 The sharpening charge was two-thirds of a shekel

(About 1/4 ounce, or 8 grams.) for plow-points, axes, pitchforks, and adzes,

and to fix an ox-goad.

22 (Jdg 5:8) So it came to pass on the day of battle, that neither sword

nor spear were found in the hand of any of the people who were with

Saul and Jonathan. But they were found in the hand of Saul

and Jonathan his son.

23 (Isa 10:28; 1Sa 14:1) And the garrison of the Philistines had marched

out to the ravine of Mikmash.



[19] Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the

Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

[20] But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every

man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

[21] Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the

forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

[22] So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword

nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and

Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

[23] And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of

Michmash.