¹² Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, ascended to the slope of Jericho on the north, through the hill country westward, and ended at the wilderness around Beth-aven.^(A)

⁵ 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)

²³ So the Lord saved Israel that day.^(A)

Saul’s Rash Oath

The battle extended beyond Beth-aven,