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All the Israelites heard this news: “Saul has killed the Philistine leader. Now the Philistines will really hate the Israelites!”

The Israelites were called to join Saul at Gilgal. The Philistines gathered to fight Israel. The Philistines camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven. They had 3000[a] chariots and 6000 horse soldiers. There were so many Philistines that they were like sand on the seashore.

The Israelites saw that they were in trouble. They felt trapped. They ran away to hide in caves and cracks in the rock. They hid among the rocks, in wells, and in other holes in the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:5 3000 This is found in some copies of the ancient Greek version and the Syriac version. The standard Hebrew text has “30,000.”

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