June 11 – The Power of a Tender Heart

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, June 11th.

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The power of a tender heart.
Have you ever found yourself

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rushing into a decision, sending
that text before you thought it

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through, saying something in the
heat of the moment, making a

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move before you really knew if
it was the right time, and then

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immediately thinking, Why did I
do that?

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First Samuel chapter 13 gives us
a painful example of exactly

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that.
Saul was waiting for the prophet

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Samuel to come and offer a
sacrifice before going into

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battle.
But the people were getting

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anxious and starting to scatter,
and Samuel was late.

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So Saul did it himself.
He made the offering, stepping

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outside his lane, taking matters
into his own hands.

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And Samuel’s response when he
arrived.

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First Samuel chapter 13, verses
8 and 9 tell the story.

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Saul couldn’t wait.
He acted impulsively, and that

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decision had lasting
consequences.

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Proverbs chapter 17, verses 19
and 20 draw a clear line.

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One whose heart is corrupt does
not prosper, but the one with a

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faithful heart succeeds.
The contrast here isn’t just

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between good and bad people.
It’s between impulsive and

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faithful hearts.
A faithful heart isn’t a passive

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heart, it’s one that loves God
enough to trust his timing even

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when it’s uncomfortable.
We live in the most fast-paced,

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The idea of genuinely waiting,

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sitting with uncertainty, not
forcing a resolution, feels

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almost countercultural.
But God keeps returning to this

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theme throughout Scripture.
Wait on me.

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Trust my timing.
A tender, faithful heart is one

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that can hold that tension.
Psalm 68, verses 35 and 36

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remind us of why that trust is
warranted.

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God is mighty in His strength.
He makes peace in your borders.

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God’s strength and His peace go
together.

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When we stop trying to
manufacture our own outcomes and

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lean into His power, something
shifts.

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Not always in the circumstances
immediately, but in us.

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We find peace that doesn’t make
sense.

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We find clarity in the waiting.
We find that God’s timing wasn’t

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slow, it was right.
A tender heart isn’t a weak

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heart.
It’s a heart brave enough to

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trust God when everything inside
you wants to push ahead.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for

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caring about the condition of
our hearts.

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Forgive us for the times we’ve
rushed ahead when you were

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asking us to wait.
Help us to cultivate faithful

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hearts, hearts that trust your
timing, lean on your strength,

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and make decisions that honor
you rather than just relieve our

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anxiety.
Teach us to be still and know

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that you are God in Jesus name,
Amen.

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Now I invite you to spend time
with God in today’s three-year

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Bible reading plan.
Proverbs Chapter 17 Verses 19 to

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20 World English Bible He who
loves disobedience, loves

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strife.
One who builds a Highgate seeks

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destruction, one who has a
perverse heart doesn’t find

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prosperity, and one who has a
deceitful tongue falls into

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trouble.
Psalm Chapter 68 World English

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Bible Let God arise, let his
enemies be scattered, let them

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who hate Him also flee before
him.

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As smoke is driven away, so
drive them away.

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As wax melts before the fire, so
let the wicked perish at the

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presence of God.
But let the righteous be glad,

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let them rejoice before God.
Yes, let them rejoice with

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gladness.
Sing to God, sing praises to his

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name, extol him who rides on the
clouds to Yah His name, rejoice

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before Him.
A father of the fatherless and a

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defender of the widows is God in
his holy habitation.

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God sets the lonely in families.
He brings out the prisoners with

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singing, but the rebellious
dwell in a sun scorched land.

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God, when you went out before
your people, when you marched

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through the wilderness, the
earth trembled.

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The sky also poured down rain.
At the presence of the God of

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Sinai, At the presence of God,
the God of Israel, you, God sent

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a plentiful rain.
You confirmed your inheritance

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when it was weary, your
congregation lived therein.

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You, God, prepared your goodness
for the poor.

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The Lord announced the Word.
The ones who proclaim it are a

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great company.
Kings of armies flee.

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They flee.
She who waits at home divides

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the plunder.
While you sleep among the

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campfires.
The wings of a dove sheathed

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with silver, her feathers with
shining gold.

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When the Almighty scattered
kings in her, it snowed on

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Zalman.
The mountains of Bastion are

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majestic mountains.
The mountains of Bastion are

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rugged.
Why do you look in envy?

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You rugged mountains?
At the mountain where God

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chooses to reign, Yes, Yahweh
will dwell there forever.

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The Chariots of God are 10s of
thousands and thousands of

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thousands.
The Lord is among them.

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From Sinai into the sanctuary
you have ascended on high you

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have led away captives, you have
received gifts among people,

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yes, among the rebellious also,
that Yah God might dwell there.

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Blessed be the Lord who daily
bears our burdens, even the God

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who is our salvation.
God is to us a God of

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deliverance.
To Yahweh the Lord belongs

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escape from death, but God will
strike through the head of his

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enemies.
The hairy scalp of such a one as

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still continues in his
guiltiness.

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The Lord said, I will bring you
again from Bashan.

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I will bring you again from the
depths of the sea, that you may

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crush them, dipping your foot in
blood, that the tongues of your

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dogs may have their portion from
your enemies.

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They have seen your processions,
God, even the processions of my

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God, my King.
Into the sanctuary the singers

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went before the minstrels,
followed after among the ladies,

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playing with tambourines.
Bless God in the congregations,

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even the Lord.
In the assembly of Israel there

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is little Benjamin their ruler,
the Princess of Judah, their

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counsel, the Princess of Zebulun
and the Princess of Naftali.

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Your God has commanded your
strength.

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Strengthen God that which you
have done for us.

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Because of your temple at
Jerusalem, kings shall bring

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presents to you.
Rebuke the wild animal of the

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reeds, the multitude of the
bulls with the calves of the

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peoples being humbled.
May it bring bars of silver.

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Scatter the nations that delight
in war.

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Princess shall come out of
Egypt.

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Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch
out her hands to God.

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Sing to God you kingdoms of the
earth.

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Sing praises to the Lord, to him
who rides on the heaven of

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heavens which are of old.
Behold, he utters his voice, a

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mighty voice.
Ascribe strength to God.

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His Excellency is over Israel.
His strength is in the skies.

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You are awesome God in your
sanctuaries.

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The God of Israel gives strength
and power to his people.

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Praise be to God.
First Samuel chapter 13 World

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English Bible Saul was 30 years
old when he became king, and he

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reigned over Israel 42 years.
Saul chose for himself 3000 men

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of Israel, of which 2000 were
with Saul in Mitch Mash and in

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the Mount of Bethel, and 1000
were with Jonathan in Jiber of

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Benjamin.
He sent the rest of the people

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to their own tents.
Jonathan struck the Garrison of

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the Philistines that was in
Jabba, and the Philistines heard

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of it.
Saul blew the trumpet throughout

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all the land, saying, Let the
Hebrews hear.

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All Israel heard that Saul had
struck the Garrison of the

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Philistines, and also that
Israel was considered an

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abomination to the Philistines.
The people were gathered

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together after Saul to Gilgol.
The Philistines assembled

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themselves together to fight
with Israel. 30,000 Chariots and

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6000 horsemen and people as the
sand which is on the seashore in

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multitude.
They came up and encamped in

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Mishmash eastward of Bait Aven.
When the men of Israel saw that

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they were in trouble, for the
people were distressed.

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Then the people hid themselves
in caves, in thickets, in rocks,

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in tombs and in pits.
Now some of the Hebrews had gone

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over the Jordan to the land of
Gad and Gilead.

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But As for Saul, he was yet in
Gilgal, and all the people

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followed him trembling.
He stayed seven days according

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to the time set by Samuel.
But Samuel didn’t come to

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Gilgal, and the people were
scattering from him.

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Saul said, Bring the burnt
offering to me here and the

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peace offerings.
He offered the burnt offering.

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It came to pass that as soon as
he had finished offering the

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burnt offering, behold, Samuel
came and Saul went out to meet

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him, that he might greet him.
Samuel said, What have you done?

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Saul said, Because I saw that
the people were scattered from

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me, and that you didn’t come
within the days appointed, and

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that the Philistines assembled
themselves together at Mitch

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Mash.
Therefore I said, now the

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Philistines will come down on me
to Gilgal, and I haven’t

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entreated the favor of Yahweh.
I forced myself therefore, and

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offered the burnt offering.
Samuel said to Saul, You have

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done foolishly.
You have not kept the

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commandment of Yahweh your God,
which he commanded you.

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For now Yahweh would have
established your Kingdom on

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Israel forever, but now your
Kingdom will not continue.

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Yahweh has sought for himself a
man after his own heart, and

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Yahweh has appointed him to be
Prince over his people.

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Because you have not kept that
which Yahweh commanded you.

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Samuel arose and went from
Gilgal to Jaiba of Benjamin.

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Saul counted the people who were
present with him about 600 men.

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Saul and Jonathan his son, and
the people who were present with

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them stayed in jabber of
Benjamin.

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But the Philistines encamped in
mishmash.

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The Raiders came out of the camp
of the Philistines in three

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companies.
One company turned to the way

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that leads to Offra to the land
of Shul.

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Another company turned the way
to Bait Horon, and another

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company turned the way of the
border that looks down on the

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valley of Zebaim toward the
wilderness.

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Now there was no blacksmith
found throughout all the land of

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Israel, for the Philistines
said, lest the Hebrews make

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themselves swords or Spears.
But all the Israelites went down

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to the Philistines, each man to
sharpen his own plowshare,

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matic, axe, and sickle.
The price was one pay him each

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to sharpen Maddox plowshares,
pitchforks, axes, and goads.

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So it came to pass in the day of
battle that neither sword nor

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spear was found in the hand of
any of the people who were with

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Saul and Jonathan.
But Saul and Jonathan his son

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had them.
The Garrison of the Philistines

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went out to the pass of Mitch
Mash.

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