16 Saul and his son Jonathan and the men with them were staying in Gibeah[1] in Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Mikmash.

Other Translations of 1 Samuel 13:16

King James Version

16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present present: Heb. found with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

English Standard Version

16 And Saul and Jonathan his son and the people who were present with them stayed in Geba of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

The Message

16 Saul, his son Jonathan, and the soldiers who had remained made camp at Geba (Gibeah) of Benjamin. The Philistines were camped at Micmash.

New King James Version

16 Saul, Jonathan his son, and the people present with them remained in Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

New Living Translation

16 Saul and Jonathan and the troops with them were staying at Geba in the land of Benjamin. The Philistines set up their camp at Micmash.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 13:16

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.