1 Samuel 13:12

13:12 I thought, ¹  ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt obligated ²  to offer the burnt offering.”

1 Samuel 13:2

13:2 Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; ³  the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. ⁴  He sent all the rest of the people back home. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 13:4

13:4 When the king heard what the prophet ⁶  cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand ⁷  and ordered, ⁸  “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up ⁹  and he could not pull it back.

1 Raja-raja 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord ¹⁰  he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” ¹¹ 

1 Tawarikh 7:14

Manasseh’s Descendants

7:14 The sons of Manasseh:

Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. ¹²  She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.

[13:12]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[13:12]  ² tn Or “I forced myself” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV); NAB “So in my anxiety I offered”; NIV “I felt compelled.”

[13:2]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[13:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “each one to his tents.”

[13:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”

[13:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “saying.”

[13:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”

[13:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

[13:2]  ¹¹ sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.

[7:14]  ¹² sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 1:32.