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All the Israelites heard the news. The men said, “Saul has defeated the Philistine camp. Now the Philistines will really hate us!” Then the Israelites were called to join Saul at Gilgal.

The Philistines gathered to fight Israel with three thousand[a] chariots and six thousand men to ride in them. Their soldiers were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. The Philistines went and camped at Micmash, which is east of Beth Aven. When the Israelites saw that they were in trouble, they went to hide in caves and bushes, among the rocks, and in pits and wells.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:5 three thousand Some Greek copies say three thousand. The Hebrew copies say thirty thousand.

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