Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

Bible References

Chose

1 Samuel 8:11
He said, "Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.
1 Samuel 14:52
There was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. So whenever Saul saw anyone who was a warrior or a brave individual, he would conscript him.

In gibeah

1 Samuel 10:26
Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched.
1 Samuel 15:34
Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
Joshua 18:28
Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath -- a total of fourteen cities and their towns. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.
Judges 19:12
But his master said to him, "We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. We will travel on to Gibeah."
2 Samuel 21:6
let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute them before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, who was the Lord's chosen one." The king replied, "I will turn them over."
Isaiah 10:29
They went through the pass, spent the night at Geba. Ramah trembled, Gibeah of Saul ran away.

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