And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which {is} in Migron: and the people that {were} with him {were} about six hundred men;

Saul 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.

And 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.

And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. {his carriage: Heb. the vessels from upon him} {saluted...: Heb. asked his brethren of peace}

The children also of Benjamin from Geba {dwelt} at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and {in} their villages, {from: or, of} {at: or, to}

And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which {is} beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

The forefront of the one {was} situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. {forefront: Heb. tooth}

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. {garrison: or, standing camp}

Better {is} the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: {and} the patient in spirit {is} better than the proud in spirit.

And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which {is} in Migron: and the people that {were} with him {were} about six hundred men;

Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, {that} Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.

The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.

The children also of Benjamin from Geba {dwelt} at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and {in} their villages, {from: or, of} {at: or, to}

And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach {even} to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. {stretching...: Heb. fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings}

And behold at eveningtide trouble; {and} before the morning he {is} not. This {is} the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

And it shall come to pass, {that} thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. {thy...: Heb. the choice of thy valleys} {at: or, toward}

But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, {having} Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

For her wound {is} incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, {even} to Jerusalem. {her...: or, she is grievously sick of her wounds}

Saul 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.

And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and {that} thou camest not within the days appointed, and {that} the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;

And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. {his carriage: Heb. the vessels from upon him} {saluted...: Heb. asked his brethren of peace}