1 Samuel 13:4

4 E todo o Israel ouviu a notícia de que Saul tinha atacado o destacamento dos filisteus, atraindo o ódio dos filisteus sobre Israel.^[a] Então os homens foram convocados para se unirem a Saul em Gilgal.

1 Samuel 13:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 13:4

And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of
the Philistines
For though it was smitten by Jonathan, yet it was by the order of Saul, and so ascribed to him; it seems to be a concerted thing to fall upon the garrisons of the Philistines, and get them out of their hands, and so deliver Israel entirely from them; but it was not wise for Saul, if he had such a scheme in his head, to disband his large army, as he had lately done:

and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines;
who were highly incensed against them by this action, and vowed revenge; the name of an Israelite was abhorred by them; and perhaps this action might be attended with much craft and cruelty; and if these garrisons were held by agreement, they might charge them with perfidy, with breach of articles, and so their name was made to stink among them, as the word signifies:

and the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal;
by sound of trumpet.

1 Samuel 13:4 In-Context

2 Saul escolheu três mil homens de Israel; dois mil ficaram com ele em Micmás e nos montes de Betel e mil ficaram com Jônatas em Gibeá de Benjamim. O restante dos homens ele mandou de volta para suas tendas.

3 Jônatas atacou os destacamentos dos filisteus em Gibeá, e os filisteus foram informados disso. Então Saul mandou tocar a trombeta por todo o país, dizendo: “Que os hebreus fiquem sabendo disto!”

4 E todo o Israel ouviu a notícia de que Saul tinha atacado o destacamento dos filisteus, atraindo o ódio dos filisteus sobre Israel. Então os homens foram convocados para se unirem a Saul em Gilgal.

5 Os filisteus reuniram-se para lutar contra Israel com três mil carros de guerra, seis mil condutores de carros e tantos soldados quanto a areia da praia. Eles foram a Micmás, a leste de Bete-Áven, e lá acamparam.

6 Quando os soldados de Israel viram que a situação era difícil e que o seu exército estava sendo muito pressionado, esconderam-se em cavernas e buracos, entre as rochas e em poços e cisternas.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebraico: "transformando Israel em mau cheiro para os filisteus."