Nehemiah 7:31
the men of Michmash, 122;
BSB
ASV
The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two.
KJV
The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
Or perhaps one was the account of them when they set out from Babylon with Zerubbabel, the other when they came to Jerusalem. The sum totals are all just the same there and here, except of the singing-men and singing-women, which there are 200, here 245.
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1 Samuel 13:23And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
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Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
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.
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Isaiah 10:28Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
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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…
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
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,
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…
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1 Samuel 13:5Now 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…
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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.
So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.