The Philistines also gathered to fight against Israel: three thousand[a] chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore.(A) They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.[b](B)

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  1. 13:5 One LXX ms, Syr; MT reads 30,000
  2. 13:5 LXX reads Michmash, opposite Beth-horon to the south

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)

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