⁷ He took six hundred of the best chariots,^(A) along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.

⁹ The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses^(A) and chariots, horsemen^[a] and troops^(B)—pursued the Israelites and overtook^(C) them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.^(D)

²⁵ He jammed^[a] the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting^(A) for them against Egypt.”^(B)

⁴ They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots—a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.^(A)

⁵ The Philistines assembled^(A) to fight Israel, with three thousand^[a] chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand^(B) on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash,^(C) east of Beth Aven.^(D)

Ben-Hadad Attacks Samaria

20 Now Ben-Hadad^(A) king of Aram mustered his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he went up and besieged Samaria^(B) and attacked it.

²⁵ You must also raise an army like the one you lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight Israel on the plains. Then surely we will be stronger than they.” He agreed with them and acted accordingly.

²⁵ You must also raise an army like the one you lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight Israel on the plains. Then surely we will be stronger than they.” He agreed with them and acted accordingly.