Bible Strands
Isaiah 10:28
Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Isaiah addresses Judah during the Assyrian campaign, placing this logistical report immediately after a declaration that God will shatter the enemy's oppressive yoke.
The words — The text tracks the army's advance using בָּא (ba'), "he has come," עָבַר ('a.Var), "he has passed," and יַפְקִיד (yaf.Kid), "he deposits," to describe a methodical march toward Michmash.
The thread — The same geographic markers appear in 1 Samuel 13:2 and 1 Samuel 14:2 as locations associated with Saul's military movements.
Why it lands — The passage demands that a reader acknowledge a conquering force's deliberate advance while recognizing that the surrounding context frames this movement within an impending divine reversal.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 14:2 Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
- 1 Samuel 13:2 He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
- 1 Samuel 13:5 Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
- Joshua 7:2 Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
- Judges 18:21 Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.
- 1 Samuel 14:5 One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.
- 1 Samuel 14:31 That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
- 1 Samuel 17:22 Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
- Nehemiah 11:31 The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;