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1 Samuel 13:5-7
Lexham English Bible
1 Samuel 13:5-7
Lexham English Bible
Saul’s Blunder
5 And the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and an army as numerous as sand which is on the seashore. And they came up and encamped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.
6 When the men of Israel saw that it was too difficult[a] for them, because the army was hard pressed, the people hid themselves in the caves, in the thorn bushes, in the cliffs, in the vaults[b] and in the wells. 7 Some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the army followed him trembling.[c]
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- 1 Samuel 13:6 Literally “too narrow”
- 1 Samuel 13:6 Or “cellars” or “tombs” ‘ or “strongholds”
- 1 Samuel 13:7 Literally “trembled after him”
1 Samuel 13:5-7
New International Version
1 Samuel 13:5-7
New International Version
5 The Philistines assembled(A) to fight Israel, with three thousand[a] chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand(B) on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash,(C) east of Beth Aven.(D) 6 When the Israelites saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard pressed, they hid(E) in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns.(F) 7 Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad(G) and Gilead.
Saul remained at Gilgal, and all the troops with him were quaking(H) with fear.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 13:5 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew thirty thousand
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