I Samuel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 289

13-—6 THE Pl£RI()D OF SAMUEL-!. SAM. chariotccrs and six regiments of cavalry, and infantry like sand on the sea. shore for number, and they advanced and encamped at Mikmash to the east of Beth—aven. §au1'·a Susurgmts Bzszrt him in ‘®2r1·¤1·. 6 Then the Man of Israel saw that there was trouble for them, because the army was cowed, and the people hid themselves in holes, and caves, and on cliffs, and in watch·towers,

7 and in bushes; and some Hying away crossed over the jordan to the country of Gad, and Gilad. Yet Saul con- tinued in Gilgal, and all his army trembled behind him. (B.C· 1093,) Samuel nut errhsing tn IO II I2 help him. Saul ufzrs the Sarri- firz tu put Qzart in his Mm. §amue1 is furious at ily: Act. So he waited seven days for the

arrival of Samuel. But Samuel came not, and the people deserted from him. Saul consequently said ; Bring me the burnt offering! and

and he offered the burnt offering. But when he had finished burning the offerings,-~——then Samuel arrived! And Saul went out to ask him for his blessing. Samuel, What have you done ? ’ Because I saw

that the army was deserting from me, and you did not come to the Periodical Meeting,] and that the Philishtim had collected in Mikmash, I said, ‘Now the Philishtim will come down upon me.in Gilgal, and I have not ap- proached the presence of the EVER- L1v1NG,’~—-so I forced myself and offered the burnt offering} Qnmuzi hznuuurzz §aul. You

have acted like a fool. You have not obeyed the command of your EVER- LWING GOD, which He commanded you! But if you had, the EVER- LIVING would have fixed the Leader- ship over Israel to you absolutely! But now your Leadership shall not be confirmed. The EVER-1,1vmG

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will seek Himself a man after His ·—-F. F. own heart, and the EvE1z·1.1vmG will appoint him as Leader over His people, -— because you have not regarded what the EvER·L1v1NG com- manded you ! Then Samuel arose, and went up 15 from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Qhauknxreh by Samuel, Samfs Qu: Desert him. Saul, however, mustered whatforce

remained with him, but it was only about six hundred men! Con- 16 sequently Saul and jonathan his son, and the force with them, retreated to Gibeah of Benjamin, but the Phi- lishtim encamped at Mikmash. (ac. xogg.) ®l3e ¥lyilistines plmther the ®¤1t¤trg. Thence Philishtim plunderers went

out from the camp in three divisions. One division turned to the direction of Afrah in the lowlands, and another advanced towards Beth- Khoran, while the third advanced along the borders of the cliffs over- looking the plain of Tzeboim in the desert. 18

Wie (Qpprewien israel lusts in mxher the §l)ilistines. At that time a smith was not allowed

anywhere in Israel, for the Philishtim The Hebrews might make Every- one in Israel, therefore, went down to the Philishtim to repair his coulter and ploughshare, or axe, or chisel. But they were allowed files for the goulters and ploughshares, and for the three-pronged forks and billhooks, and to sharpen the prickers. Now, however, it was a time of war,·——yet no sword or spear was found in the hands of all the force who were with Saul, and jonathan, except that Saul and ]onathan his son had procured them. 20 21 22

Thus the army of the Philishtim 23 had advanced beyond the environs of Mikmash. (ao. 1o87.) 3¤mzthu¤’s lmln §ltaek mt the Qplyilistine Qéarriznu al §ag. But one day jonathan, Saul’s son, 14 said to the squire, his armour—bearer, ‘l.et us go and pass over to the 280