1 Samuel 13:18

Beth-horon. Beth-horon Upper and Beth-horon Lower are 9 1/2 and 11 1/2 mi. (15.2 and 18.4 km.), respectively, west of Michmash, near the Ephraim-Benjamin border, where the mountains drop abruptly to the Shephelah. Zeboim is mentioned in Neh. 11:34 as being in the vicinity of Anathoth and other towns south of Michmash, in the direction of the desert of Judah. The Battle of Michmash shows clearly that the Philistines did not advance toward Gilgal; but by flanking movements toward the north, west, and south, they sought to cut off reinforcements from those of Saul’s men whom they now thought bottled up in the caves to the east of Michmash.