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THE PASSAGE OF MICHMASH - The steep and precipitous path from Michmash
to Geba, over the valley of Suweinit. The same term is used in Isaiah
10:28, where the march of the Assyrian army is described....
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6. THE FIRST FAILURE OF SAUL AND ITS RESULTS
CHAPTER 13
_ 1. The failure of Saul (1 Samuel 13:1)_
2. Samuel's sentence (1 Samuel 13:10)
3. Israel's deplorable condition (1 Samuel 13:15)
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1 SAMUEL 13:23 TO 1 SAMUEL 14:15. The ancient narrative, continuing 1
Samuel 13:18. Saul was at Geba (see on 1 Samuel 13:2), having with
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GARRISON. post, or permanent camp.
PASSAGE. pass....
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_The Battle Pitched._ 1 Samuel 13:17-23
17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies; one company turned unto the way _that leadeth_ to Ophrah,
unto the land of Shua...
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_AND THE GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES WENT OUT TO THE PASSAGE OF
MICHMASH._
The garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
They were seen to remove their camp from the village to...
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SAUL'S WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES
1. The age of Saul at his accession has fallen out of the text and
also one of the two numbers representing the length of his reign. Our
present text is 'Saul was.....
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TO THE PASSAGE] RV 'unto the pass.'
See on 1 Samuel 9:1. There are clearly two accounts of the institution
of the kingship. In 1 Samuel 8, the wish for a king is regarded as a
sign of disloyalty to th...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 13
JONATHAN ATTACKS THE *PHILISTINES
V1 Saul was 30 years old when he became king. He was the king of
*Israel for 42 years. V2 Saul chose 300...
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THE GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES WENT OUT. — These words form an
introduction to the recital of the heroic deed of Jonathan related in
the following chapter. The Philistines are represented as sending...
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וַ יֵּצֵא֙ מַצַּ֣ב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
אֶֽל ־מַעֲבַ֖ר...
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CHAPTER XVIII
_ SAUL AND SAMUEL AT GILGAL_
1 Samuel 13:1.
THE first thing that claims our attention in connection with this
chapter is the question of dates involved in the first verse. In the
Autho...
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LEFT IN THE SPOILERS' HANDS
1 Samuel 13:13
Sternly and sorrowfully the old prophet pronounced the sentence of
Saul's deposition, and suggested that already God had sought and found
another prince for...
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There is some difficulty concerning the opening sentences of this
chapter. Some words seem to be omitted, which make it difficult to
place the events recorded in their chronological setting. The
Autho...
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_Further. Hebrew, "went out to the passage (Haydock) or defile of
Machmas," leading to Gabaa. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "and there came
out of the station of the strangers, to the other side (or beyond...
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(17) And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah,
unto the land of Shual: (18) And another company turned the wa...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! mark with me, the very awful state of an unrenewed mind, in
the conduct of Saul. No situation, no providences, however prosperous,
in themselves; no elevation in rank, or power, ca...
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We have already seen that the desire and deliberate decision of the
people for a king was a direct blow at the government of God in
Israel; but the time was come to permit the will of the people to ha...
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Saul reigns two years. He then selects three thousand men: two
thousand are with him, and one with Jonathan. Jonathan, a man of
faith, acts with energy against the enemies of God's people, and
smites...
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AND THE GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES WENT OUT TO THE PASSAGE OF
MICHMASH. According to Jarchi, these two places, Michmash where the
Philistines were, and Gibeah where Saul and Jonathan were, lay on two...
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And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of
Michmash.
Ver. 23. _To the passage of Michmash._] A place of advantage, kept
till now by Saul's soldiers....
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_And the garrison of the Philistines went out_ This probably refers to
the garrison mentioned in the beginning of the next chapter. And
Michmash seems to have been the name of the garrison, not of the...
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1 Sauls selected band.
3 Hee calleth the Hebrewes to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose
garrison Ionathan had smitten.
5 The Philistines great hoste.
6 The distresse of the Israelites.
8 Saul w...
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THE OPPRESSION OF THE PHILISTINES...
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And the garrison of the Philistines, a post or vanguard from the main
army, WENT OUT TO THE PASSAGE, or pass, OF MICHMASH, as a protection
against the Israelites, who might otherwise have slipped up t...
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Hebrew scholars consider that either something is missing from verse 1
in the Hebrew manuscripts or that the whole verse was not originally
in the text. After Saul's victory at Jabesh-Gilead he sent m...
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GARRISON:
Or, standing camp...
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15-23 See how politic the Philistines were when they had power; they
not only prevented the people of Israel from making weapons of war,
but obliged them to depend upon their enemies, even for instru...
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A place so called, because it was near to Michmash, and led towards
Gibeah, which, it seems, they designed to besiege, and in the mean
time to waste the adjoining country....
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1 Samuel 13:23 garrison H4673 Philistines H6430 out H3318 (H8799) pass
H4569 Michmash H4363
garrison - or, standing camp,...
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CONTENTS: The self-will of Saul. He intrudes into the priests office.
His divine rejection announced.
CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, Saul, Jonathan.
CONCLUSION: Some lay great stress upon the external per...
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1 Samuel 13:1. _One year two years._ The Seventy have not translated
this verse. Something is wanting to fill up the sense; and it is
supposed to be, that Saul was so many years of age when he began t...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 13:1 In preparing for battle, Saul
disobeys God’s commands given through Samuel. God cannot endure such
a king over Israel.
⇐...
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1 Samuel 13:1. A literal rendering of the Hebrew text in this verse
would stand thus—_Saul was years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned, and two years over Israel_. The Hebrew numerals have
ev...
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SAUL'S PROBATION AND FAILURE (CHS. 13-15.).
EXPOSITION
WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES (verse 1-14:46).
1 SAMUEL 13:1
Saul's age and length of reign. SAUL REIGNED ONE YEAR. This verse lit
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Now Saul reigned for one year over Israel; and in the second year of
his reign, He chose three thousand men of Israel; and he took two
thousand under his command in Michmash and a thousand were given...
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1 Samuel 13:2; 1 Samuel 13:3; 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Samuel 14:1; 1 Samuel
14