Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel, of whom there were with Saul, two thousand in Michmash and in the hill-country of Bethel, and, a thousand, were with Jonathan, in Gibeah of Benjamin, - but, the rest of the people, he let go, every man to his own home.

And, the Philistines, gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, a people also like the sand that is on the sea-shore for multitude, - and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

Then said Samuel - What hast thou done? And Saul said - Because I saw that the people had been scattered from me, and, thou, hadst not come within the appointed days, and, the Philistines, had gathered themselves together to Michmash,

Now, Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with him, were abiding in Geba of Benjamin, - but, the Philistines, had encamped in Michmash.

Now the garrison of the Philistines had come out to the pass of Michmash.

The one crag, was a pillar on the north, over against Michmash, - and, the other, on the south, over against Geba.

Howbeit they smote the Philistines on that day from Michmash to Aijalon, - but the people became exceeding faint.

He hath come in unto Ayyath, Hath passed through Migron, - At Michmash, storeth his baggage: