1Sa 13:2, 14:52 | ESV | STEP | Saul chose three thousand men of Israel . Two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel , and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin . The rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent .

1 Samuel 13:2

2 Saul chose three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in ^aMichmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in ^bGibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent.

1 Samuel 14:52

52 There was hard fighting against the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, ^che attached him to himself.