THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW HISTORY

 

Recently, after 3000 years, once again it has been proven that Saul was a tactician. One example shows how the Bible can be fine even in the slightest details, and how reliable are her dates and information. The description of this truly amazing event we owe the British army officer, major Vivinu Gilbert. In his memoirs he says:

"During the first world war, Allenby in Palestine, once by the light of candles was looking for in the Bible one name. His squad was ordered to take the village, which was situated on a rocky hill on the far side of a deep valley. The village was called Mikhmas settlement and this name seemed familiar. The Scripture was the story of how Jonathan at night with his Squire went through two sharp rocks to get to the troop of Philistims: "there was a sharp rock on the one hand; the name of one Bocec, and the name of the other Hay. They scrambled up the rock and beat a number of the Philistines on the half of the field, "the pair of oxen in the day. The main force of the enemy were surrounded by armies of Saul, scattered and ran. Then Saul attacked enemies with all his army and defeated them.

The Commander thought this place could still be the narrow passage between two cliffs, and at the end of the aisle "half of the field. Then they sent a patrol discovered the passage, which very loosely guarded by the Turks and passed by two pointed rocks - it's clearly been Bocec and hay. From the top of the patrol were able to make out in the Moonlight next to Mihmas a level field. The Commander changed the plan of attack and decided not to attack the detachment and Mikhmas settlement sent through the Gorge under the cover of darkness, only one company.

Soldiers silently killed several met the Turks and fled through the rocks. Shortly before dawn, company took up a position at the half of the field.

Turks woke up and began to run in panic: they decided that are surrounded by an army of Allenby. All of them were either killed or captured. So, after thousands of years the British army has successfully used the tactics of Saul and Jonathan.