KJV King James Version
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
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1 Samuel 13:23
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
WEB World English Bible
The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
ASV American Standard Version
And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmash.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the station of the Philistines goeth out unto the passage of Michmash.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 13
20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that [were] with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
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Cross-references
Isaiah 10:28He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:1 Samuel 14:4-5And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, [there was] a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one [was] Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.1 Samuel 14:1Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that [is] on the other side. But he told not his father.1 Samuel 13:2-3Saul chose him three thousand [men] of Israel; [whereof] two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.2 Samuel 23:14And David [was] then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then [in] Bethlehem.1 Samuel 13:5And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which [is] on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
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