“ And the garrisong of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. ”
The 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 de...
1 Samuel 13:23 to 1 Samuel 14:15 . The ancient narrative, continuing 1 Samuel 13:18 . Saul was at Geba (see on 1 Samuel 13:2 ), having with him the priest Ahijah, carrying the ephod here not a...
garrison . post, or permanent camp. passage . pass.
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. The garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. They were seen to remove their camp from the vill...
Saul's War against the Philistines 1. The age of Saul at his accession has fallen out of the text and also one of the two numbers representing the length of his reign. Our present text is 'Saul wa...
The garrison of the Philistines went out. — These words form an introduction to the recital of the heroic deed of Jonathan related in the following chapter. The Philistines are represented as sendi...
CHAPTER XVIII SAUL AND SAMUEL AT GILGAL 1 Samuel 13:1-23 . THE first thing that claims our attention in connection with this chapter is the question of dates involved in the first verse. In th...
Left in the Spoilers' Hands 1 Samuel 13:13-23 Sternly and sorrowfully the old prophet pronounced the sentence of Saul's deposition, and suggested that already God had sought and found another p...
There is some difficulty concerning the opening sentences of this chapter. Some words seem to be omitted, which make it difficult to place the events recorded in their chronological setting. The Auth...
(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 another company turned the w...
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. According to Jarchi, these two places, Michmash where the Philistines were, and Gibeah where Saul and Jonathan were, lay on...
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. Ver. 23. To the passage of Michmash. ] A place of advantage, kept till now by Saul's soldiers.
And the garrison of the Philistines went out This probably refers to the garrison mentioned in the beginning of the next chapter. And Michmash seems to have been the name of the garrison, not of th...
Hebrew scholars consider that either something is missing from verse 1 in the Hebrew manuscripts or that the whole verse was not originally in the text. After Saul's victory at Jabesh-Gilead he sent...
The Israelites' Low Condition. B. C. 1067. 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gi...
A place so called, because it was near to Michmash, and led towards Gibeah, which, it seems, they designed to besiege, and in the mean time to waste the adjoining country.
1 Samuel 13:1 . A literal rendering of the Hebrew text in this verse would stand thus— Saul was years old when he began to reign, and he reigned, and two years over Israel . The Hebrew numerals have...
1 Samuel 13:1 . One year two years. The Seventy have not translated this verse. Something is wanting to fill up the sense; and it is supposed to be, that Saul was so many years of age when he bega...
SAUL 'S PROBATION AND FAILURE ( CHS . 13-15.). EXPOSITION WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES (verse 1-14:46). 1 Samuel 13:1 Saul's age and length of reign. Saul reigned one year...
The Oppression of the Philistines
1 Samuel 13:2 ; 1 Samuel 13:3 ; 1 Samuel 13:5 ; 1 Samuel 14:1 ; 1 Samuel 14:4 ; 1 Samuel 14:5 ; Isaiah 10:28