1 Samuel 13:5

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 seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.

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WEBBE

The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.

BSB

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.

KJV

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 Beth-aven.

ASV

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.

BBE

And the Philistines came together to make war on Israel, three thousand war-carriages and six thousand horsemen and an army of people like the sands of the sea in number: they came up and took up their position in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.

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וּפְלִשְׁתִּים u·fe·lish·tim and [the] Philistines H6430 נֶאֶסְפוּ ne·'es·fu they gathered H622 לְהִלָּחֵם le·hi·la·chem to fight H3898 עִם־ 'im- with H5973 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 שְׁלֹשִׁים she·lo·shim thirty H7970 אֶלֶף 'e·lef thousand H505 רֶכֶב re·khev chariot[s] H7393 וְשֵׁשֶׁת ve·she·shet and six H8337 אֲלָפִים 'a·la·fim thousand(s) H505 פָּרָשִׁים pa·ra·shim horsemen H6571 וְעָם ve·'am and a people H5971 כַּחוֹל ka·chol like the sand H2344 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 עַל־ 'al- [is] on H5921 שְׂפַת־ se·fat- [the] shore of H8193 הַיָּם hai·yam the sea H3220 לָרֹב la·ro for multitude H7230 וַיַּעֲלוּ vai·ya·'a·lu and they came up H5927 וַיַּחֲנוּ vai·ya·cha·nu and they encamped H2583 בְמִכְמָשׂ ve·mikh·mas at Micmash H4363 קִדְמַת kid·mat [the] east of H6926 בֵּית beit Beth H1007 אָוֶן 'a·ven Aven H1007

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

Saul reigned one year, and nothing particular happened; but in his second year the events recorded in this chapter took place. For above a year he gave the Philistine time to prepare for war, and to weaken and to disarm the Israelites. When men are lifted up in self-sufficiency, they are often led into folly. The chief advantages of the enemies of the church are derived from the misconduct of its professed friends. When Saul at length sounded an alarm, the people, dissatisfied with his management, or terrified by the power of the enemy, did not come to him, or speedily deserted him.

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People & places

MichmashBeth-aven

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PhilistinesChariotCavalryBeth-AvenMichmash

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.