Verse 5

1 Samuel 13:5

Darby Translation

5 And the Philistines were assembled 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 encamped in Michmash, eastward from Beth-Aven.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים נֶאֶסְפ֣וּ לְ/הִלָּחֵ֣ם עִם יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים אֶ֤לֶף רֶ֨כֶב֙ וְ/שֵׁ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ פָּרָשִׁ֔ים וְ/עָ֕ם כַּ/ח֛וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל שְׂפַֽת הַ/יָּ֖ם לָ/רֹ֑ב וַֽ/יַּעֲלוּ֙ וַ/יַּחֲנ֣וּ בְ/מִכְמָ֔שׂ קִדְמַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית אָֽוֶן
English Translation
And the Philistines gathered to fight against Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people like the sand on the seashore in multitude; and they ascended and encamped at Michmash, east of Beth Aven.
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Chapter 13 Context
1 Saul was years old when he became king; and he reigned two years over Israel. Focus ↗
2 And Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel: there were with Saul two thousand in Michmash a... Focus ↗
3 And Jonathan smote the outpost of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard [of it... Focus ↗
4 And all Israel heard say, Saul has smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and Israel also has beco... Focus ↗
5 And the Philistines were assembled together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six...
6 And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed); and the peopl... Focus ↗
7 And the Hebrews went over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. And Saul was yet in Gilgal, an... Focus ↗
8 And he waited seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]; but Samuel did not... Focus ↗
9 And Saul said, Bring hither to me the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings. And he offered up the... Focus ↗
10 And it came to pass, as soon as he had ended offering up the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; an... Focus ↗
11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered fr... Focus ↗
12 I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to Je... Focus ↗
13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy... Focus ↗
14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah has sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehova... Focus ↗
15 And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that we... Focus ↗
16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin;... Focus ↗
17 And the ravagers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned the... Focus ↗
18 and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and the other company turned the way to the distri... Focus ↗
19 Now there was no smith found throughout the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebre... Focus ↗
20 And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his... Focus ↗
21 when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set th... Focus ↗
22 And it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand o... Focus ↗
23 And a garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. Focus ↗