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Douay-Rheims Bible

1 Samuel 14:5

One rock stood out toward the north, over against Machmas, and the other to the south, over against Gabaa.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jonathan;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Philistines;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Palestine;   Philistia, philistines;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - War, Holy War;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Geba;   Philistines;   Seneh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bozez;   Shen;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Geba;   Gibeah;   Israel;   Jonathan;   Michmash;   Philistines;   Samuel, Books of;   Urim and Thummim;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Garrison;   Geba ;   Gibeah ;   Jonathan ;   Michmas, Michmash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Geba;   Jonathan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Bo'zes;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Forefront;   Geba;   Ivory;   Jonathan (2);   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gibeah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
one stood to the north in front of Michmash and the other to the south in front of Geba.
Hebrew Names Version
The one crag rose up on the north in front of Mikhmash, and the other on the south in front of Geva.
King James Version
The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
Lexham English Bible
The one crag on the north was opposite Micmash and the other on the south was opposite Geba.
English Standard Version
The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
New Century Version
One cliff faced north toward Micmash. The other faced south toward Geba.
New English Translation
The cliff to the north was closer to Micmash, the one to the south closer to Geba.
Amplified Bible
The one crag was on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
New American Standard Bible
The one crag rose on the north opposite Michmash, and the other on the south opposite Geba.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The one rocke stretched from the North towarde Michmash, and the other was from the South toward Gibeah.
Legacy Standard Bible
The one crag rose on the north opposite Michmash, and the other on the south opposite Geba.
Complete Jewish Bible
The one spur rose up on the north, in front of Mikhmas, and the other on the south, in front of Geva.
Darby Translation
The one crag [formed] a pillar on the north opposite to Michmash, and the other on the south opposite to Geba.
Easy-to-Read Version
One of the rocks faced north toward Micmash, and the other faced south toward Geba.
George Lamsa Translation
One crag stood out northward over against Michmash and the other southward over against Gibeah.
Good News Translation
One was on the north side of the pass, facing Michmash, and the other was on the south side, facing Geba.
Literal Translation
The one crag was a pillar on the north in front of Michmash, and the one on the south in front of Gibeah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye one laye on the north syde towarde Michmas, and the other on the south syde towarde Gaba.
American Standard Version
The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
Bible in Basic English
The one rock went up on the north in front of Michmash and the other on the south in front of Geba.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The forefront of the one leaned northwarde towarde Michmas, & the other was southward toward Gibea.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmas, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
King James Version (1611)
The forefront of the one was situate Northward ouer against Michmash, and the other Southward ouer against Gibeah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The one way was northward to one coming to Machmas, and the other way was southward to one coming to Gabae.
English Revised Version
The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
Berean Standard Bible
One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
o scarre was stondynge forth to the north ayens Machynas, and the tother scarre to the south ayens Gabaa.
Young's Literal Translation
The one edge [is] fixed on the north over-against Michmash, and the one on the south over-against Gibeah.
Update Bible Version
The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
Webster's Bible Translation
The front of the one [was] situated northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
World English Bible
The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
New King James Version
The front of one faced northward opposite Michmash, and the other southward opposite Gibeah.
New Living Translation
The cliff on the north was in front of Micmash, and the one on the south was in front of Geba.
New Life Bible
One rock stood on the north in front of Michmash. The other stood on the south in front of Geba.
New Revised Standard
One crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The one crag, was a pillar on the north, over against Michmash, - and, the other, on the south, over against Geba.
Revised Standard Version
The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The one crag rose on the north opposite Michmash, and the other on the south opposite Geba.

Contextual Overview

1 Now it came to pass one day that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man that bore his armour: Come, and let us go over to the garrison of the Philistines, which is on the other side of yonder place. But he told not this to his father. 2 And Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gabaa, under the pomegranate tree, which was in Magron: and the people with him were about six hundred men. 3 And Achias, the son of Achitob, brother of Ichabod the son of Phinees, the son of Heli, the priest of the Lord in Silo, wore the ephod. And the people knew not whither Jonathan was gone. 4 Now there were between the ascents, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the garrison of the Philistines, rocks standing up on both sides, and steep cliffs like teeth on the one side, and on the other, the name of the one was Boses, and the name of the other was Sene: 5 One rock stood out toward the north, over against Machmas, and the other to the south, over against Gabaa. 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised, it may be the Lord will do for us: because it is easy for the Lord to save either by many, or by few. 7 And his armourbearer said to him: Do all that pleaseth thy mind: go whither thou wilt, and I will be with thee wheresoever thou hast a mind. 8 And Jonathan said: Behold we will go over to these men. And when we shall be seen by them, 9 If they shall speak thus to us: Stay till we come to you: let us stand still in our place, and not go up to them. 10 But if they shall say: Come up to us: let us go up, because the Lord hath delivered them into our hands, this shall be a sign unto us.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

forefront: Heb. tooth, 1 Samuel 14:4, Bozez, i.e. shining, Seneh, i.e. a bush or tooth

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:2 - Michmash 1 Samuel 13:11 - Michmash 1 Samuel 13:23 - passage 1 Chronicles 3:6 - Eliphelet Isaiah 10:28 - Michmash

Cross-References

Genesis 14:10
Now the woodland vale had many pits of slime. And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha turned their backs, and were overthrown there: and they that remained, fled to the mountain.
Genesis 14:11
And they took all the substance of the Sodomites, and Gomorrhites, and all their victuals, and went their way:
Genesis 14:20
And blessed be the most high God, by whose protection, the enemies are in thy hands. And he gave him the tithes of all.
Genesis 14:23
That from the very woofthread unto the shoe latchet, I will not take of any things that are thine, lest thou say: I have enriched Abram.
Genesis 15:20
And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also,
Deuteronomy 1:4
After that he had slain Sehon king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in Hesebon: and Og king of Basan who abode in Astaroth, and in Edrai,
Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Basan remained of the race of the giants. His bed of iron is shewn, which is in Rabbath of the children of Ammon, being nine cubits long, and four broad after the measure of the cubit of a man’s hand.
Deuteronomy 3:20
Until the Lord give rest to your brethren, as he hath given to you: and they also possess the land, which he will give them beyond the Jordan: then shall every man return to his possession, which I have given you.
Deuteronomy 3:22
Fear them not: for the Lord your God will fight for you.
Joshua 12:4
The border of Og the king of Basan, of the remnant of the Raphaims who dwelt in Astaroth, and in Edrai, and had dominion in mount Hermon, and in Salecha, and in all Basan, unto the borders

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The forefront of the one was situate northward, over against Michmash,.... The northern precipice of this rock was towards Michmash, where the Philistines lay encamped, and where was the passage of Michmash the garrison went into and possessed:

and the other southward, over against Gibeah; the southern precipice faced Gibeah, and both precipices were to be got over before he could get to the garrison, these lying between the two passages; the one at one end, called the passage of Michmash, the other at the other, which might be called the passage of Gibeah.


 
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