12 Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, ascended to the slope of Jericho on the north, through the hill country westward, and ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.(A)

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The Philistines also gathered to fight against Israel: 3,000[a] chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore.(A) They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:5 One LXX ms, Syr; MT reads 30,000
  2. 1 Samuel 13:5 LXX reads Michmash, opposite Beth-horon to the south

23 So the Lord saved Israel that day.(A)

Saul’s Rash Oath

The battle extended beyond Beth-aven,

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