23 Now a detachment of Philistines had gone out to the pass at Mikmash.
23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
23 A patrol of Philistines took up a position at Micmash Pass.
23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
23 The pass at Micmash had meanwhile been secured by a contingent of the Philistine army.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 13:23
Commentary on 1 Samuel 13:15-23
(Read 1 Samuel 13:15-23)
See how politic the Philistines were when they had power; they not only prevented the people of Israel from making weapons of war, but obliged them to depend upon their enemies, even for instruments of husbandry. How impolitic Saul was, who did not, in the beginning of his reign, set himself to redress this. Want of true sense always accompanies want of grace. Sins which appear to us very little, have dangerous consequences. Miserable is a guilty, defenceless nation; much more those who are destitute of the whole armour of God.