13:11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me 1 and that you didn’t come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,
13:23 A garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Micmash.
10:28 2 They 3 attacked 4 Aiath,
moved through Migron,
depositing their supplies at Micmash.
1 tn Heb “dispersed from upon me.”
2 sn Verses 28-31 display a staccato style; the statements are short and disconnected (no conjunctions appear in the Hebrew text). The translation to follow strives for a choppy style that reflects the mood of the speech.
3 tn Heb “he,” that is, the Assyrians (as the preceding context suggests). Cf. NCV “The army of Assyria.”
4 tn Heb “came against,” or “came to.”