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 Beth–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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וּפְלִשְׁתִּיםufelishtimand [the] PhilistinesH6430נֶאֶסְפוּ׀ne'esfuthey gatheredH622לְהִלָּחֵםlehilachemto fightH3898עִם־'im-withH5973יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478שְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshimthirtyH7970אֶלֶף'elefthousandH505רֶכֶבrekhevchariot[s]H7393וְשֵׁשֶׁתvesheshetand sixH8337אֲלָפִים'alafimthousand<s>H505פָּרָשִׁיםparashimhorsemenH6571וְעָםve'amand a peopleH5971כַּחוֹלkachollike the sandH2344אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834עַל־'al-[is] onH5921שְׂפַת־sefat-[the] shore ofH8193הַיָּםhaiyamthe seaH3220לָרֹבlarofor multitudeH7230וַיַּעֲלוּvaiya'aluand they came upH5927וַיַּחֲנוּvaiyachanuand they encampedH2583בְמִכְמָשׂvemikhmasat MicmashH4363קִדְמַתkidmat[the] east ofH6926בֵּיתbeitBethH1007אָוֶן׃'avenAvenH1007
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Related verses
- Joshua 11:4And 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.So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.
- 1 Samuel 14:23So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth–aven.So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
- Joshua 18:12And 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 Beth–aven.On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
- Hosea 5:8Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth–aven, after thee, O Benjamin.Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
- Isaiah 48:19Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”
- Genesis 22:17That 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;I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- 2 Chronicles 1:9Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
- Joshua 7:2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth–aven, on the east side of Beth–el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
- Judges 7:12And 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.Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- Jeremiah 15:8Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
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People and places
People: Jacob
Places: Beth-aven (Joshua 7), Michmash