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Israel without Weapons

1 Samuel 13:23

In 11 translations

BSB
And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
KJV
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.garrison: or, standing camp
WEB
The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
ASV
And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmash.
LSV
And the station of the Philistines goes out to the passage of Michmash.
YLT
And the station of the Philistines goeth out unto the passage of Michmash.
DBY
And a garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
DRC
And the army of the Philistines went out in order to advance further in Machmas.
GNV
And the garison of the Philistims came out to the passage of Michmash.
JPS
And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmas.
LXXE
And there went out some from the camp of the Philistines to the place beyond Machmas.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּצֵא֙ מַצַּ֣ב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים אֶֽל־מַעֲבַ֖ר מִכְמָֽשׂ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐξ ὑποστάσεως τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τὴν ἐν τῷ πέραν Μαχμάς.

Who and where

📍 Michmash◆ Reign of Saul

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 10:28Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
  • 1 Samuel 14:1One 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 14:4–5Now 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. One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to…
  • 2 Samuel 23:14At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
  • 1 Samuel 13:2–3He 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…
  • 1 Samuel 13:5Now 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.

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