1 Samuel 14:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba. American Standard Version (1901) The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba. Common English Bible One outcropping was on the north side, in front of Michmash, and the other was on the south side, in front of Geba. Catholic Public Domain Version One boulder projected toward the north, opposite Michmash, and the other toward the south, opposite Gibeah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version One rock stood out towards the north over against Machmas; and the other to the south over against Gabaa. |
he has come to Aiath; he has passed through Migron, at Michmash he stores his baggage;
they have crossed over the pass, at Geba they lodge for the night; Ramah trembles, Gibe-ah of Saul has fled.
Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines had mustered at Michmash,
Saul chose three thousand men of Israel; two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibe-ah of Benjamin; the rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent.
Jonathan defeated the garrison of the Philistines which was at Geba; and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”
They struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint;
In the pass, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistine garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side; the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
And Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us; for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”