1Sa 13:2, 6, 8 | 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 13:6

6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves ^cin caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns,

1 Samuel 13:8

Saul’s Unlawful Sacrifice

8 ^dHe waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.