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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) When the soldiers saw they were in danger because the army was hardpressed, they hid themselves in caves, thickets, rocks, caverns, and cisterns. Other Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, held out in Gilgal, all his army trembling in fear behind him.[b]

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  1. 13:5 Thirty thousand chariots: some Greek manuscripts read “three thousand chariots.”
  2. 13:7–15 These verses, like 10:8, anticipate the rejection of Saul; a different occasion and motivation for this are given in chap. 15 and 28:17–18.

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) 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) 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.

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Footnotes

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