1 Samuel 13:5

And, the Philistines, gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, a people also like the sand that is on the sea-shore for multitude,—and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4And, all Israel, heard say—Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines, Moreover, also, Israel have made themselves odious among the Philistines,—so the people were called together to follow Saul, to Gilgal.

6So, the men of Israel, saw they were in a strait, for the people had been harassed,—and the people had hidden themselves in caves, and in thickets, and among cliffs, and in holes, and in pits.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai which was beside Beth-aven on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them saying, Go up and spy out the land. So the men went up, and spied out Ai.

Joshua 18:12And so their boundary, on the north border, was from the Jordan,—and the boundary goeth up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and goeth up in the hill country, westward, and the extensions thereof are towards the wilderness of Beth-aven;

1 Samuel 14:23Thus did Yahweh, on that day, save Israel,—and, the battle, passed over by Beth-aven.

1 Samuel 17:1And the Philistines gathered together their hosts, unto battle, and they were gathered together unto Socoh, which belongeth unto Judah,—and they encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim;

Isaiah 48:19Then had been, like the sand, thy seed, And, the offspring of thy body, like the grains thereof,—Neither cut off nor destroyed had been his name from before me.

Hosea 4:15Though unchaste art thou, O Israel, let not Judah, become guilty, neither let them enter Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and [then] swear, By the life of Yahweh!

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 13:2-8

The Philistines War against Israel. ( b. c. 1067.) 1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. 3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying,… Read the whole commentary →

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