All Israel heard [a]the news that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel (A)had become odious to the Philistines. The people were then summoned [b]to Saul at Gilgal.

Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and (B)people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of (C)Beth-aven. When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed), then (D)the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits.

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:4 Lit saying
  2. 1 Samuel 13:4 Lit after

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.

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) 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. 1 Samuel 13:5 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew thirty thousand