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1 Samuel 13:5

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And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which [is] on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

And the Philistines {H6430} gathered themselves together {H622} to fight {H3898} with Israel {H3478}, thirty {H7970} thousand {H505} chariots {H7393}, and six {H8337} thousand {H505} horsemen {H6571}, and people {H5971} as the sand {H2344} which is on the sea {H3220} shore {H8193} in multitude {H7230}: and they came up {H5927}, and pitched {H2583} in Michmash {H4363}, eastward {H6926} from Bethaven {H1007}.

while the P'lishtim assembled themselves together to make war on Isra'el - 30,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen and an army as large as the number of sand grains on the seashore. They came up and pitched camp at Mikhmas, east of Beit-Aven.

Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth-aven.

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 11:4 (5 votes)

    And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that [is] upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.

  • 1 Samuel 14:23 (5 votes)

    So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.

  • Joshua 18:12 (3 votes)

    And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.

  • Hosea 10:5 (2 votes)

    The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof [that] rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

  • Hosea 4:15 (2 votes)

    Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

  • Judges 7:12 (2 votes)

    And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels [were] without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

  • Genesis 22:17 (2 votes)

    That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;