Tree of Life Version
1 Samuel 13:23
23Then the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmas.
1 Samuel 13:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
- New International Version (NIV)Now a detachment of Philistines had gone out to the pass at Mikmash.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
Context of 1 Samuel 13:23
21The price of sharpening was two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the sickles, the three-pronged forks or the axes, or to set the oxgoads. 22So it came about on the day of battle, there was no sword or spear to be found in the hand of any of the troops that were with Saul and Jonathan—only Saul and his son Jonathan had them. Then the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmas.
Read all of 1 Samuel 131 Samuel 13:23 word by word
וַיֵּצֵא֙ מַצַּ֣ב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים אֶֽל־מַעֲבַ֖ר מִכְמָֽשׂ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Samuel 13:23
- 1 Samuel 13:3Now Jonathan struck down the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. So Saul blew the shofar throughout the country, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”
- 1 Samuel 14:4Between the crossings by which Jonathan sought to cross over to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a rocky crag on one side and another rocky crag on the other side—one was called Bozez and the other Seneh.
- 1 Samuel 13:2Now Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in Michmas and in the hill country of Beth-el, and 1,000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the troops he sent away, each one to his tent.
- 1 Samuel 14:1One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man carrying his armor, “Come, let’s cross over to the Philistines’ garrison that’s on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.
- Isaiah 10:28He has come to Aiath, and passed through Migron. At Michmas he deposited his supplies.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 13:23
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23The passage of Michmash - The steep and precipitous path from Michmash to Geba, over the valley of Suweinit. The same term is used in Isaiah 10:28-29, where the march of the Assyrian army is described.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 15-23 See how politic the Philistines were when they had power; they not only prevented the people of Israel from making weapons of war, but obliged them to depend upon their enemies, even for instruments of husbandry. How impolitic Saul was, who did not, in the beginning of his reign, set himself to redress this. Want of true sense always accompanies want of grace. Sins which appear to us very little, have dangerous consequences. Miserable is a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23The pass at Michmash was a key route through the canyon, separating Michmash from Geba, Gibeah, and other towns to the south.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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