1 Samuel 13:3-5

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³Jonathan defeated the Philistines at their camp in Geba. The Philistines heard about this. They said, “The Hebrews have rebelled.”^[a]

Saul said, “Let the Hebrew people hear what happened.” So Saul told the men to blow trumpets through all the land of Israel. ⁴All the Israelites heard this news: “Saul has killed the Philistine leader. Now the Philistines will really hate the Israelites!”

The Israelites were called to join Saul at Gilgal. ⁵The Philistines gathered to fight Israel. The Philistines camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven. They had 3000^[b] chariots and 6000 horse soldiers. There were so many Philistines that they were like sand on the seashore.

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 13:3 They said … rebelled This is from the ancient Greek version.
1 Samuel 13:5 3000 This is found in some copies of the ancient Greek version and the Syriac version. The standard Hebrew text has “30,000.”