2Shaul chose for himself three thousand from Israel, and there were two thousand with Shaul in Mekmas and in the mountain of Bayth Eil, and a thousand were with Jonathan his son in Ramtha of Benyamin, and the rest of the people he sent away, each man to his house 3And Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines in Gaba, and the Philistines heard, and Shaul sounded on the trumpet in all the land, saying: “Let the Hebrews hear and all Israel! 4Shaul has struck the garrison of the Philistines and Israel has prevailed over the Philistines!”, and the people were gathered after Shaul to Galgala

5And the Philistines were gathered to fight with Israel, three thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand that is upon the shore of the sea, an exceeding multitude. And they came up and they camped in Mekmas from the east of Bayth Eil 6And the men of Israel saw and they were afraid, and they hid themselves from them in caves and in tunnels and under precipices and in chasms and in pits 7And the Hebrews crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and of Gelad, and Shaul was yet in Galgala and all the people with him

8And he waited seven days until the time of Shemueil, and Shemueil did not come to Galgala and the people were scattered from the presence of Shaul 9And Shaul said: “Bring me burnt offerings and offer up peace sacrifices for burnt offerings”

10And when he had finished offering burnt offerings, Shemueil came, and Shaul went out to meet him for his blessing 11And Shemueil said: “What have you done?” And Shaul said: “I saw the people were scattered from me, and you had not come at the time of days, and the Philistines were assembling in Mekmas 12And I said: “‘Perhaps the Philistines will come down against me at Galgala, and the presence of LORD JEHOVAH I have not seen’, and I was hasty and I offered up burnt offerings” 13And Shemueil said to Shaul: “You have done foolishly that you have not kept the commandment of LORD JEHOVAH your God which he commanded you, because now LORD JEHOVAH your God had made ready your Kingdom over Israel, and he said that he would establish you unto eternity! 14Therefore your Kingdom shall not be established, because LORD JEHOVAH has chosen for himself a man like his heart, and LORD JEHOVAH commanded him to lead his people, because you have not kept all that LORD JEHOVAH your God commanded you”

15And Shemueil stood and went up from Galgala to Ramtha of Benyamin, and Shaul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men

16And Shaul and Yonathan his son dwelt in Gebatha of Benyamin, and the Philistines camped in Mekmas 17And the destroyers went out from the camp of the Philistines three companies; one company of them went on the road of Aphar to the land of Sheguil 18And another division went on the road of Bayth Khuran, and another division turned for the road of the border that faces the valley of Tsabown and toward the desert

19And a Craftsmen was not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said: “The Hebrews shall not make swords and spears” 20And all Israel went down to the Philistines to sharpen, each man his sickle and his spike, and his ax and his goads 21And there was a wide file for the sickle and for the spike and for the pickax and for the ax and for the repair of goads 22And in the day of war there was not found a sword or a spear in the hand of any of the people who were with Shaul and with Jonathan, and it was found with Shaul and with Jonathan his son 23And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the other side of Mekmas