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Jonathan attacked an outpost of the Philistines at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. Saul had trumpets blown all throughout the land and proclaimed, “Let the Hebrews hear!” All of Israel heard the report: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become abhorrent to the Philistines.” The people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

The Philistines were assembled to fight against Israel. They had thirty thousand chariots,[a] six thousand charioteers, and so many men that they seemed like the sand on the shore of the sea. They went up and camped outside of Michmash, to the east of Beth-haven.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:5 Thirty thousand chariots: some of the Greek translations render it as “three thousand.”