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Jonathan 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. All 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. The 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. 1 Samuel 13:3 They said … rebelled This is from the ancient Greek version.
  2. 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.”

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