1 Samuel 14:5 - The Scriptures 2009 The one edge was on the north opposite Miḵmash, and the other on the south opposite Giḇ‛ah. 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 upon Ayath, he has passed Miḡron. At Miḵmash he stored his supplies.
They have gone through the pass, they have taken up lodging at Geḇa. Ramah is afraid, Giḇ‛ah of Sha’ul has fled.
Then Shemu’ĕl said, “What have you done?” And Sha’ul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered at Miḵmash,
Sha’ul chose for himself three thousand men of Yisra’ĕl. And two thousand were with Sha’ul in Miḵmash and in the mountains of Bĕyth Ěl, and a thousand were with Yonathan in Giḇ‛ah of Binyamin. And the rest of the people he sent away, each to his tent.
And Yonathan struck the watch-post of the Philistines that was in Geḇa, and the Philistines heard of it. And Sha’ul blew with the shophar throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
And they struck the Philistines that day from Miḵmash to Ayalon. So the people were very weary,
And between the passes, by which Yonathan sought to go over to the outpost of the Philistines, there was an edge of a rock on one side and an edge of a rock on the other side. And the name of one was Botsĕts, and the name of the other Seneh.
And Yehonathan said to the young man who bore his armour, “Come, and let us go over to the outpost of these uncircumcised. If so be, יהוה does work for us. For there is no hindrance for יהוה to save by many or by few.”