Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba; and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
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… So it always is. 1 Samuel chapter 13, verse three, shows us how pride had been for some time creeping into Saul's heart. There was a different battle, one that Jonathan, Saul's son, had a huge role in bringing about a military victory. And it says, soon after that, Jonathan attacked and defeated the garrison of Philistines at Geba. The news spread quickly among the Philistines. So Saul blew the ram's horn through the land. Okay, do you see this? Jonathan was victorious, but Saul blew the horn. You could say Saul was tooting his own horn metaphorically and actually taking credit for what someone had done. He's not honoring and acknowledging Jonathan. He's taking this as, this is my victory, right? Then in 1 Samuel 15, when Samuel came to deliver this message, God is taking the kingdom back from you. Notice what happened. It says early the next morning Samuel went to find Saul. Someone told him Saul went to the town of Carmel to set up a monument to himself. Do you read this? He's literally building a display so that anybody walking by would see this is where Saul kicked butt. This is where Saul won a huge victory. And what a mistake to live a life where we set up a monument to ourselves. …
… every man to his tent. And Jonathan attacked the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, let the Hebrews hear. Now Israel heard it, said that Saul had attacked a garrison of the Philistines and that Israel had also become an abomination of the Philistines. This is kind of a similar language when I hear people talking about sports. You know sports, like football and stuff? And a gifted athletic individual makes a touchdown. And then I hear people say, yeah, we really scored today, or whatever the case may be. And it's like, I didn't see you on the field. There was like 900, 300-pound men. You would never make it five seconds out there. What's the we, okay? Stop lying. Anyway, had also become an abomination of the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal. As I mentioned, I lead our college ministry. And me, Caden, and Caleb have a running joke that at any given time, nobody knows which one of us is which. …
… The rest of the men he sent back to their homes. Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Gibeah, and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul had the trumpet blown throughout the land and said, let the Hebrews hear. So all of Israel heard the news. Saul had attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel had become obnoxious to the Philistines. And the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal. The Philistines assembled to fight Israel with 3,000 chariots, 6,000 charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand of the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-Avon. When the Israelites saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard-pressed, they hid in caves and thickets among the rocks and in pits and cisterns, and some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. What is the summary of this story or this picture so far? It's basically picturing that the Philistines who are gathering a massive army is about to put a lot of pressure on Saul and his army. …