27The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
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And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-35)We may observe here, 1. That an account was kept in writing of the families that came up out of captivity, and the numbers of each family. This was done for their honour, as part of their recompence for their faith and courage, their confidence in God and their affection to their own land, and to stir up others to follow their good example. Those that honour God he will thus honour. The names of a…
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