{\cf2\super [126]} The army will enter near the “Ruins” (Aiath). The army will walk on the “Threshing Floor” (Migron). The army will keep its food in the “Storehouse” (Micmash).
Samaria’s {\cf2\super [13]} wound can’t be healed.\par Her disease (sin) has spread to Judah.\par It has reached the city gate of my people.\par It has spread all the way to Jerusalem.\par
After they defeated Jericho, Joshua sent some men to Ai. [31] Ai was near Beth Aven, east of Bethel. Joshua told them, “Go to Ai and look for weaknesses in that area.” So the men went to spy on that land.
Then the 600 men from the family group of Dan, with the Levite priest, turned and left Micah’s house. They put their little children, their animals, and all their things in front of them.
he chose 3,000 men from Israel. There were 2,000 men who stayed with him at Micmash in the hill country of Bethel. There were 1,000 men who stayed with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. Saul sent the other men in the army back home.
The Philistines gathered to fight Israel. The Philistines camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven. The Philistines had 3,000 [120] chariots and 6,000 horse soldiers. There were so many Philistines that they were like sand on the seashore.
Saul was sitting under a pomegranate [125] tree in Migron at the edge of the hill. [126] This was near the threshing floor [127] at that place. Saul had about 600 men with him.
David left the food and things with the man who kept supplies. David ran to the place where the Israelite soldiers were. David asked about his brothers.