1 Samuel 13:23

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיֵּצֵא֙and it came out

  vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times

• מַצַּ֣ב[the] garrison of

  matzavH4673 →10 times

• פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים[the] Philistines

  pelishtimH6430 →287 times

• אֶֽל־to

  ʾel-H413 →5510 times

• מַעֲבַ֖ר[the] pass of

  maavarH4569 →

• מִכְמָֽשׂ׃ סMicmash

  mikhmasH4363 →11 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Isaiah 10:28

  Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 13:2

    He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 1 Samuel 14:2

    Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,

• Through

  1 Samuel 13:5

  Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of…

  it leads to

  • Joshua 11:4

    So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.

  • 1 Samuel 14:23

    So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.

  • Joshua 18:12

    On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

• Through

  1 Samuel 14:1

  One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 1:4–5

    “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

  • 1 Samuel 25:19

    and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

  • 1 Samuel 14:39–45

    As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.