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1 Samuel 13:4-6
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 13:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 All of Israel heard the report: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become abhorrent to the Philistines.” The people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
5 The Philistines were assembled to fight against Israel. They had thirty thousand chariots,[a] six thousand charioteers, and so many men that they seemed like the sand on the shore of the sea. They went up and camped outside of Michmash, to the east of Beth-haven. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble for the people were being hard pressed, they hid themselves in caves, in thickets, among the rocks, in cellars, and in cisterns.
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- 1 Samuel 13:5 Thirty thousand chariots: some of the Greek translations render it as “three thousand.”
1 Samuel 13:4-6
New International Version
1 Samuel 13:4-6
New International Version
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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