1 Samuel 14:5

New American Bible - revised edition

One crag was to the north, toward Michmash; the other to the south, toward Geba.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 3:6

Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet,

Isaiah 10:28

he has reached Aiath, passed through Migron, at Michmash he has stored his supplies.

Isaiah 10:29

He has crossed the ravine, at Geba he has camped for the night. Ramah trembles, Gibeah of Saul has fled.

1 Samuel 13:11

Samuel asked him, “What have you done?” Saul explained: “When I saw that the army was deserting me and you did not come on the appointed day, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose three thousand of Israel, of whom two thousand remained with him in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the army back to their tents.

1 Samuel 13:23

An outpost of the Philistines had pushed forward to the pass of Michmash.

1 Samuel 13:3

Now Jonathan struck the Philistine garrison in Gibeah, and the Philistines got word of it. Then Saul sounded the horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

1 Samuel 14:31

After the Philistines were routed that day from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were completely exhausted.

1 Samuel 14:4

Flanking the ravine through which Jonathan intended to cross to the Philistine outpost were rocky crags on each side, one named Bozez and the other Seneh.

1 Samuel 14:6

Jonathan said to his armor-bearer: “Come, let us go over to that outpost of the uncircumcised. Perhaps the Lord will help us, because it is no more difficult for the Lord to grant victory by means of a few than it is by means of many.”