A garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Micmash.

Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

The cliff to the north was closer to Micmash, the one to the south closer to Geba.

But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me and that you didn’t come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,