1 Samuel 13:23 “And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash…”

1 Samuel 13:23

And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

American Standard Version

And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmash.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the garison of the Philistims came out to the passage of Michmash.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And the station of the Philistines goeth out unto the passage of Michmash.

Bible in Basic English

And the armed force of the Philistines went out to the narrow way of Michmash.

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Cross references

“garrison”

1 Samuel 13:3 1 Samuel 14:4

1 Samuel 13:3 · BSB

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!”

1 Samuel 14:4 · BSB

Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.

“passage”

Isaiah 10:28 1 Samuel 14:1 1 Samuel 13:5 1 Samuel 13:2 1 Samuel 14:5

Isaiah 10:28 · BSB

Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.

1 Samuel 14:1 · BSB

One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.

1 Samuel 13:5 · BSB

Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

1 Samuel 13:2 · BSB

He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent aw…

1 Samuel 14:5 · BSB

One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.

Also

2 Samuel 23:14

2 Samuel 23:14 · BSB

At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.

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