He has comeagainstAiath,He has passedthrough Migron;At Michmashhe depositedhis baggage.
The sonsof Benjaminalso [lived] from Geba[onward], at Michmashand Aija,at Betheland its towns,
"Then it will sweepon into Judah,it will overflowand passthrough,It will reachevento the neck;And the spreadof its wingswill fillthe breadthof your land,O Immanuel.
For her woundis incurable,For it has cometo Judah;It has reachedthe gateof my people,[Even] to Jerusalem.
Now Joshuasentmenfrom Jerichoto Ai,whichis nearBeth-aven,eastof Bethel,and saidto them, "Goup and spyout the land."So the menwentup and spiedout Ai.
Then they turnedand departed,and putthe littleonesand the livestockand the valuablesin frontof them.
Now Saulchosefor himself 3,000men of Israel,of which 2,000were with Saulin Michmashand in the hillcountryof Bethel,while 1,000were with Jonathanat Gibeahof Benjamin.But he sentawaythe restof the people,eachto his tent.
And the garrisonof the Philistineswentout to the passof Michmash.
Now the Philistinesassembledto fightwith Israel,30000chariotsand 6,000horsemen,and peoplelike the sandwhichis on the seashorein abundance;and they cameup and campedin Michmash,eastof Beth-aven.
Saulwas stayingin the outskirtsof Gibeahunderthe pomegranatetreewhichis in Migron.And the peoplewho[were] with him [were] about sixhundredmen,
They struckamong the Philistinesthat dayfrom Michmashto Aijalon.And the peoplewere veryweary.
The onecragroseon the northoppositeMichmash,and the otheron the southoppositeGeba.
Then Davidlefthis baggagein the careof the baggagekeeper,and ranto the battlelineand enteredin order to greethis brothers.
