1 Samuel 10:26

10:26 Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 15:34

15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

1 Samuel 26:1

David Spares Saul’s Life Again

26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon?”

1 Samuel 14:16

14:16 Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin looked on as the crowd of soldiers seemed to melt away first in one direction and then in another.

1 Samuel 11:4

11:4 When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly.

1 Samuel 14:2

14:2 Now Saul was sitting under a pomegranate tree in Migron, on the outskirts of Gibeah. The army that was with him numbered about six hundred men.

1 Samuel 13:15

13:15 Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men.

1 Samuel 22:6

Saul Executes the Priests

22:6 But Saul found out the whereabouts of David and the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree at an elevated location with his spear in hand and all his servants stationed around him.

1 Samuel 23:19

23:19 Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?

1 Samuel 10:10

10:10 When Saul and his servant 10  arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul 11  and he prophesied among them.

1 Samuel 13:16

13:16 Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash. 12 

1 Samuel 13:2

13:2 Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; 13  the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. 14  He sent all the rest of the people back home. 15 

1 Samuel 14:5

14:5 The cliff to the north was closer to Micmash, the one to the south closer to Geba.

1 Samuel 10:5

10:5 Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. 16  When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

1 Samuel 7:1

7:1 Then the people 17  of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.

1 Samuel 13:3

13:3 Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost 18  that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted 19  all the land saying, “Let the Hebrews pay attention!”


tn Heb “upon the face of.”

tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “saw, and look!”

tn Heb “the crowd melted and went, even here.”

tn Heb “to Gibeah of Saul.”

tn Heb “lifted their voice and wept.”

tc The LXX and two Old Latin mss include the following words here: “on his way. And the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the warring army. When they arrived from Gilgal….”

tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).

tn Heb “and Saul heard that David and the men who were with him were known.”

tc Two medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta have the singular “he” (in which case the referent would be Saul alone).

tn Heb “him”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn The juxtaposition of disjunctive clauses in v.16 indicates synchronic action.

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tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “each one to his tents.”

tn Or “sentries.” Some translate “outpost” (NIV) or “garrison” (NAB, NRSV, NLT) here (see 1 Sam 13:3). The noun is plural in the Hebrew text, but the LXX and other ancient witnesses read a singular noun here.

tn Heb “men.”

tn Or perhaps “struck down the Philistine official.” See the note at 1 Sam 10:5. Cf. TEV “killed the Philistine commander.”

tn Heb “blew the ram’s horn in.”