KJV King James Version
And 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.
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1 Samuel 13:3
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
WEB World English Bible
Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
ASV American Standard Version
And 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jonathan smiteth the garrison of the Philistines which is in Geba, and the Philistines hear, and Saul hath blown with a trumpet through all the land, saying, ‘Let the Hebrews hear.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 13
1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
2 Saul chose him three thousand [men] of Israel; [whereof] two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
3 And 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.
4 And 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.
5 And 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 Bethaven.
6 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.
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וַיַּ֣ךְH5221 · na.khahto smiteיוֹנָתָ֗ןH3129 · yo.na.tanJonathanאֵ֣תH853 · et[Obj.]נְצִ֤יבH5333 · ne.tsivgarrisonפְּלִשְׁתִּים֙H6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּגֶ֔בַעH1387 · ge.vaGebaוַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםH6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineוְשָׁאוּל֩H7586 · sha.ulSaulתָּקַ֨עH8628 · ta.qato blowבַּשּׁוֹפָ֤רH7782 · sho.phartrumpetבְּכָל־H3605 · kolallהָאָ֙רֶץ֙H776 · e.retsland: country/planetלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayיִשְׁמְע֖וּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearהָעִבְרִֽים׃H5680 · iv.riHebrew
Cross-references
1 Samuel 10:5After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:Judges 3:27And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.Judges 6:34But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.Zechariah 14:10All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and [from] the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.1 Samuel 14:1-6Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that [is] on the other side. But he told not his father.1 Samuel 13:16And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people [that were] present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.2 Samuel 23:14And David [was] then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then [in] Bethlehem.Isaiah 10:29They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name [was] Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.2 Samuel 2:28So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.Joshua 21:17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,Joshua 18:24And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
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