King James Version
1 Samuel 14:5 in the King James Version says “The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. foref...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. forefront: Heb. tooth”
1 Samuel 14:5 · KJV
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. Ahiah: called Ahimelech
And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. forefront: Heb. tooth
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“northward”
H6828properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
“over against”
H4136properly, abrupt, i.e., a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite
“southward”
H5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)
“over against”
H4136properly, abrupt, i.e., a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite
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