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1 Samuel 13:4-6
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1 Samuel 13:4-6
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4 Then all Israel heard the report, “Saul has struck the garrison of the Philistines! Israel has become odious to the Philistines!” Then the army was called up to Saul in Gilgal. 5 The Philistines also assembled for battle against Israel, with thirty thousand chariots,[a] six thousand horsemen, and foot soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore.(A) They came up and encamped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.(B) 6 When the soldiers saw they were in danger because the army was hardpressed, they hid themselves in caves, thickets, rocks, caverns, and cisterns.
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- 13:5 Thirty thousand chariots: some Greek manuscripts read “three thousand chariots.”
1 Samuel 13:4-6
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1 Samuel 13:4-6
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4 So all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel has become obnoxious(A) to the Philistines.” And the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
5 The Philistines assembled(B) to fight Israel, with three thousand[a] chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand(C) on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash,(D) east of Beth Aven.(E) 6 When the Israelites saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard pressed, they hid(F) in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns.(G)
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- 1 Samuel 13:5 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew thirty thousand
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