1Saul was king for a year, then he hit two years over Israel, no cap.

2Saul picked 3,000 homies from Israel; 2,000 were vibin' with him in Michmash and Beth-el, while 1,000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah. The rest? They bounced back to their tents.

3Jonathan took out the Philistine squad in Geba, and the Philistines got the tea. Saul blew the trumpet all over the land, like, "Yo, Hebrews, listen up!"

4Everyone in Israel heard that Saul took down a Philistine garrison, and the Philistines were sus about it. The people rallied up with Saul to Gilgal.

5The Philistines rolled up to fight Israel with 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, plus a crowd like the sand on the beach. They set up camp in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

6When the Israelites saw they were in a tight spot (the vibes were off), they started hiding in caves, thickets, rocks, high places, and pits.

7Some of the Hebrews dipped over Jordan to Gad and Gilead. Saul was still chilling in Gilgal, and everyone was following him, shook.

8He waited seven days, just like Samuel said, but Samuel ghosted him; the people were scattered, vibing away.

9Saul was like, "Bring me a burnt offering and peace offerings," and he did the burnt offering thing.

10As soon as he wrapped up the burnt offering, guess who showed up? Samuel! Saul went out to greet him, periodt.

11Samuel asked, "What did you do?" Saul replied, "I saw the people scatter, you weren’t here when you said you would be, and the Philistines gathered at Michmash."

12So I thought, "The Philistines are gonna come for me at Gilgal, and I didn’t ask God for help," so I just went for it and offered a burnt offering.

13Samuel said to Saul, "You messed up big time: you didn’t follow God’s command, and now your kingdom could’ve been forever."

14But now your kingdom’s not gonna last: God’s found a new dude after His heart, and He’s gonna make him leader of His people since you didn’t follow the rules.

15Samuel got up and headed from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul counted the squad with him, and it was about 600 men.

16Saul, Jonathan, and the crew were chilling in Gibeah of Benjamin, while the Philistines were camped out in Michmash.

17The Philistine raiders came out in three squads: one went the way to Ophrah, to the land of Shual.

18Another squad went to Beth-horon, and the last one went to the border looking at the Zeboim valley toward the wilderness.

19No blacksmiths were found in all of Israel, 'cause the Philistines were like, "We can’t let them make swords or spears."

20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to get their tools sharpened, like their shares, coulters, axes, and mattocks.

21They did have a file for the mattocks, coulters, forks, axes, and to sharpen the goads, no cap.

22So on the day of battle, no swords or spears were found with any of the people with Saul and Jonathan, except for Saul and his son Jonathan.

23The Philistine garrison went out to the Michmash pass.

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

2Saul 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.

3And 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.

4And 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.

5And 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.

6When 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.

7And 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.

8And 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.

9And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

10And 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.

11And 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;

12Therefore 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.

13And 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.

14But 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.

15And 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.

16And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

17And 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:

18And 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.

19Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

21Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

22So 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.

23And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.