The Philistines sent a group of soldiers to defend Michmash Pass.

In Michmash Pass, which Jonathan had to go through to get over to the Philistine camp, there were two large jagged rocks, one on each side of the pass: one was called Bozez and the other Seneh.

From the territory of Benjamin they were given four cities: Gibeon, Geba,

Everything else that King Asa did, his brave deeds and the towns he fortified, are all recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.But in his old age he was crippled by a foot disease.

Chepharammoni, Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities, along with the towns around them.

There were also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

Then he would go back to his home in Ramah, where also he would serve as judge. In Ramah he built an altar to the LORD.

Then Samuel went to Ramah, and King Saul went home to Gibeah.

The LORD says, "A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of bitter weeping. Rachel is crying for her children; they are gone, and she refuses to be comforted.

Blow the war trumpets in Gibeah! Sound the alarm in Ramah! Raise the war cry at Bethaven! Into battle, men of Benjamin!

But his master said, "We're not going to stop in a city where the people are not Israelites. We'll pass on by and go a little farther and spend the night at Gibeah or Ramah."

So they passed by Jebus and continued on their way. It was sunset when they came to Gibeah in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.

The messengers arrived at Gibeah, where Saul lived, and when they told the news, the people started crying in despair.

Saul picked three thousand men, keeping two thousand of them with him in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel and sending one thousand with his son Jonathan to Gibeah, in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. The rest of the men Saul sent home.

They are hopelessly evil in what they do, just as they were at Gibeah. God will remember their sin and punish them for it.

The LORD says, "The people of Israel have not stopped sinning against me since the time of their sin at Gibeah. So at Gibeah war will catch up with them.