1 Samuele 13:15

15 Poi Samuele si levò, e salì da Ghilgal in Ghibea di Beniamino. E Saulle fece la rassegna della gente che si ritrovava con lui, ch’era d’intorno a seicent’uomini.

1 Samuele 13:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 13:15

And Samuel arose
Seemingly in wrath and displeasure, not staying to offer up the peace offerings which remained; and though no mention is made of Saul's going with him, yet it seems as if he did, or at least quickly followed him, as appears from the next verse:

and got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin;
the native place of Saul, thereby directing Saul where he should go, and which might be a stronger place than Gilgal; or however where he might expect to be joined by more persons of his own tribe, as well as in the first place protect and defend that; and it looks by Samuel's going thither, though he was displeased with Saul, yet that he did not intend to forsake him directly and entirely:

and Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six
hundred men:
which was done either before he left Gilgal, or as soon as he came to Gibeah; so great a desertion was there from him, that of the 3000 first chosen by him, and of the people after called and gathered to him at Gilgal, only six hundred remained with him; a small number indeed to encounter so large an army the Philistines had brought into the field, and which therefore Saul could not face.

1 Samuele 13:15 In-Context

13 Allora Samuele disse a Saulle: Tu hai follemente fatto, non avendo osservato il comandamento del Signore Iddio tuo, il quale egli ti avea dato; perciocchè il Signore avrebbe ora stabilito il tuo regno sopra Israele, in perpetuo.

14 Ma ora il tuo regno non sarà stabile; il Signore s’è cercato un uomo secondo il cuor suo, il quale egli ha ordinato per conduttore sopra il suo popolo; poichè tu non hai osservato quello che il Signore ti avea comandato.

15 Poi Samuele si levò, e salì da Ghilgal in Ghibea di Beniamino. E Saulle fece la rassegna della gente che si ritrovava con lui, ch’era d’intorno a seicent’uomini.

16 Or Saulle, e Gionatan suo figliuolo, e il popolo che si ritrovava con loro, se ne stavano in Ghibea di Beniamino; e i Filistei erano accampati in Micmas.

17 E del campo de’ Filistei uscì della gente in tre schiere, da fare il guasto; l’una delle quali si voltò al cammino di Ofra, traendo verso il paese di Saulle;