And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

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.

And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.

And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:

And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.