1 Samuel 13 · Verse 15

1 Samuel 13:15

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.

1 Samuel 13:15, King James Version

1 Samuel 13:15 in other translations

BSB	Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
WEB	Samuel arose, and went from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul counted the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
ASV	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.
YLT	And Samuel riseth, and goeth up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin; and Saul inspecteth the people who are found with him, about six hundred men,
DARBY	And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.
BBE	Then Samuel went up from Gilgal and the rest of the people went up after Saul against the men of war, and they came from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: and Saul took the number of the people who were with him, about six hundred men.
Webster	And 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.

What does 1 Samuel 13:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 13:15-16

15-16. Samuel ... gat him ... unto Gibeah ... and Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah--Saul removed his camp thither, either in the hope that, it being his native town, he would gain an increase of followers or that he might enjoy the counsels and influence of the prophet.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 15 And Samuel arose - Though David, in the Divine purpose, is appointed to be captain over the people, yet Saul is not to be removed from the government during his life; Samuel therefore accompanies him to Gibeah, to give him the requisite help in this conjuncture. About six hundred men - The whole of the Israelitish army at this time, and not one sword or spear among them!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 13:15-23

See how politic the Philistines were when they had power; they not only prevented the people of Israel from making weapons of war, but obliged them to depend upon their enemies, even for instruments of husbandry. How impolitic Saul was, who did not, in the beginning of his reign, set himself to redress this. Want of true sense always accompanies want of grace. Sins which appear to us very little, have dangerous consequences. Miserable is a guilty, defenceless nation; much more those who are destitute of the whole armour of God.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Samuel 13:15 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komand he aroseH6965

שְׁמוּאֵ֗לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050

וַיַּ֛עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927

מִן\־min-fromH4480

הַגִּלְגָּ֖לha.gil.Gal<the> GilgalH1537

וַיֵּלֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980

לְדַרְכּוֹle.dar.Koon way hisH1870

וְיֶתֶרve.Ye.terand the rest ofH3499

הָעָםha.'Amthe peopleH5971

עָלָה'a.Lahit went upH5927

אַחֲרֵי'a.cha.ReiafterH310

שָׁאוּלsha.'UlSaulH7586

לִקְרַאתlik.Ratto meetH7122

עַם\־'am-[the] peopleH5971

הַמִּלְחָמָהha.mil.cha.Mah[of] the battleH4421

וַיָּבֹאוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they wentH935

מִן\־min-fromH4480

הַגִּלְגָּלha.gil.Gal<the> GilgalH1537

גִּבְעַ֣תgiv.'AtGibeah ofH1390

בִּנְיָמִ֑ןbin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144

וַיִּפְקֹ֣דvai.yif.Kodand he musteredH6485

שָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe peopleH5971

הַנִּמְצְאִ֣יםha.nim.tze.'Imwho were foundH4672

עִמּ֔וֹi.Mowith himH5973

כְּשֵׁ֥שׁke.Sheshabout sixH8337

מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967

אִֽישׁ\׃'IshmanH376

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 13:15

1 Samuel 14:2
And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;
1 Samuel 13:2
Saul 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.
1 Samuel 13:6-7
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. 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Samuel.The LXX. have, "Samuel arose and went away from Gilgal, and the remainder of the people went up along with the men of war after Samuel from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin." This is probably the true reading; for it does not appear that Samuel went to Gibeah, which was Saul's usual residence; and the Hebrew copyist, as Dr. Wall observes, seems to have missed a line, and added to the sentence concerning Samuel, that which ended the sentence concerning Saul. One MS. instead of Samuel, in the beginning of the sentence, reads Saul.
present. Heb. found. about six.
2,6,7; 14:2

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Context

1 Samuel 13:14
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.
1 Samuel 13:15
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.
1 Samuel 13:16
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.

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1 Samuel 13:15 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y levantándose Samuel, subió de Gilgal á Gabaa de Benjamín. Y Saúl contó la gente que se hallaba con él, como seiscientos hombres.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Samuel se leva et monta de Guilgal à Guibha de Benjamin. Et Saül dénombra le peuple qui se trouvait avec lui, environ 600 hommes.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Samuel machte sich auf und ging von Gilgal hinauf nach Gibea-Benjamin. Und Saul musterte das Volk, das sich bei ihm befand, bei sechshundert Mann.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Surrexit autem Samuel, et ascendit de Galgalis in Gabaa Benjamin. Et reliqui populi ascenderunt post Saul obviam populo, qui expugnabant eos venientes de Galgala in Gabaa, in colle Benjamin. Et recensuit Saul populum qui inventi fuerant cum eo, quasi sexcentos viros.