1 Samuel 13:23

And the detachment of the Pelishtim (Philistines) went out toward Ma'avar Michmas (Michmas Pass).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

In Context

22So it came to pass in the yom milchemet (day of battle), that there was neither cherev nor khanit found in the yad kol HaAm that were with Sha'ul and Yonatan; but with Sha'ul and with Yonatan bno was there found.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 13:2Sha'ul chose him shloshet alafim of Yisroel; whereof two elef were with Sha'ul at Michmas and in har Beit-El, and an elef were with Yonatan in Giv'at Binyamin; and the rest of HaAm he sent back every ish to his ohel.

1 Samuel 14:1Now the day came to pass, that Yonatan Ben Sha'ul said unto the na'ar (young man) that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the outpost of the Pelishtim (Philistines), that is on the other side.But he told not aviv.

2 Samuel 23:14And Dovid was then in the matzadah, and the garrison of the Pelishtim was then in Beit-Lechem.

Isaiah 10:29They are crossing the pass; 1 they have taken up their lodging at Geva; 1 Ramah is afraid; 1 Givat Sha'ul has fled. 1

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 13:16-23

The Israelites' Low Condition. ( b. c. 1067.) 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. 17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: 18 And… Read the whole commentary →

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