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1 Samuel 13:5-7
Evangelical Heritage Version
1 Samuel 13:5-7
Evangelical Heritage Version
5 The Philistines assembled their forces to fight against Israel with three thousand[a] chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They came up and camped at Mikmash, east of Beth Aven. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble because their army was under pressure, the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets,[b] among the rocks, in dugouts,[c] and in cisterns. 7 Some of the Hebrews had gone across the Jordan River to the territory of Gad and Gilead, but Saul remained in Gilgal, and all the people who remained with him were shaking with fear.
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- 1 Samuel 13:5 Three thousand is the reading of some of the ancient versions. The Hebrew text reads thirty thousand. Three thousand chariots is a suitable number for six thousand charioteers, with a driver and archer in each chariot.
- 1 Samuel 13:6 The meaning of the term translated thickets is uncertain.
- 1 Samuel 13:6 The meaning of the term translated dugouts is uncertain.
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