1 Samuel 13:23

And the garison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmash.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And the armed force of the Philistines went out to the narrow way of Michmash.
- Basic English Bible

And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And a garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
- Darby Bible

And the army of the Philistines went out in order to advance further in Machmas.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmash.
- English Revised Version

The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 13:23

13:22 Sword - It seems restrained to the six hundred that were with Saul and Jonathan; for there were no doubt a considerable number of swords and spears among the Israelites, but they generally hid them, as now they did their persons, from the Philistines. And the Philistines had not yet attained to so great a power over them, as wholly to disarm them, but thought it sufficient to prevent the making of new arms; knowing that the old ones would shortly be decayed, and useless. There were likewise other arms more common in those times and places, than swords and spears; to wit, bows and arrows, and slings and stones.