1 Samuel 9:1

Samuel Meets with Saul

9:1 There was a Benjaminite man named Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin. He was a prominent person.

1 Samuel 9:21

9:21 Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the smallest of Israel’s tribes, and is not my family clan the smallest of all the tribes of Benjamin? Why do you speak to me in this way?”

1 Samuel 13:15

13:15 Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal ¹  to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. ²  Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men.

1 Samuel 14:16

14:16 Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin ³  looked on ⁴  as the crowd of soldiers seemed to melt away first in one direction and then in another. ⁵ 

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¹ tc The LXX and two Old Latin mss include the following words here: “on his way. And the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the warring army. When they arrived from Gilgal….”

² tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).

³ tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “saw, and look!”

⁵ tn Heb “the crowd melted and went, even here.”