Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and (A)people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of (B)Beth-aven. When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed), then (C)the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits. Also some of the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of (D)Gad and Gilead. But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

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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