1Sa 13:5 | HCSB | STEP | The Philistines also gathered to fight against Israel : 3, 000 chariots , 6, 000 horsemen , and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore . They went up and camped at Michmash , east of Beth-aven .

1 Samuel 13:5

5 The Philistines also gathered to fight against Israel: 3,000 ^{▼▼One LXX ms, Syr; MT reads 30,000} chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. ^b They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven. ^{▼▼LXX reads Michmash, opposite Beth-horon to the south
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