1 Samuel 13:23

Now the garrison of the Philistines had come out to the pass of Michmash.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Thus would it come to pass, in the day of battle, that there was found—neither sword nor spear, in the hand of any of the people, that were with Saul and Jonathan, but such were found belonging to Saul and to Jonathan his son.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 13:2Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel, of whom there were with Saul, two thousand in Michmash and in the hill-country of Bethel, and, a thousand, were with Jonathan, in Gibeah of Benjamin,—but, the rest of the people, he let go, every man to his own home.

1 Samuel 14:1And it came about, on a certain day, that Jonathan son of Saul said unto the young man bearing his armour: Come! and let us pass over unto the garrison of the Philistines, that is on the other side, yonder! but, to his father, he told it not.

2 Samuel 23:14and, David, then was in a stronghold,—and, a garrison of Philistines, was then in Bethlehem.

Isaiah 10:29They have passed over the pass, Geba is his halting-place,—Terror-stricken is Ramah, Gibeah of Saul, hath fled!

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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