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1 Samuel 13:5

Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

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ASV

And the Philistines assembled themselves 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 of Beth-aven.

KJV

And the Philistines gathered themselves 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 pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth–aven.

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֞יםu.fe.lish.Timand [the] PhilistinesH6430 →
נֶאֶסְפ֣וּ׀ne.'es.Futhey gatheredH622 →
לְהִלָּחֵ֣םle.hi.la.Chemto fightH3898 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
שְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970 →
אֶ֤לֶף'E.lefthousandH505 →
רֶ֙כֶב֙re.khevchariot[s]H7393 →
וְשֵׁ֤שֶׁתve.She.shetand sixH8337 →
אֲלָפִים֙'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505 →
פָּרָשִׁ֔יםpa.ra.ShimhorsemenH6571 →
וְעָ֕םve.'Amand a peopleH5971 →
כַּח֛וֹלka.Chollike the sandH2344 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
עַל־'al-[is] onH5921 →
שְׂפַֽת־se.fat-[the] shore ofH8193 →
הַיָּ֖םhai.Yamthe seaH3220 →
לָרֹ֑בla.Rofor multitudeH7230 →
וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙vai.ya.'a.Luand they came upH5927 →
וַיַּחֲנ֣וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583 →
בְמִכְמָ֔שׂve.mikh.Masat MicmashH4363 →
קִדְמַ֖תkid.Mat[the] east ofH6926 →
בֵּ֥יתbeitBethH1007 →
אָֽוֶן׃'A.venAvenH1007 →

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Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.Joshua 11:4So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.1 Samuel 14:23So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.1 Samuel 13:2He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.1 Samuel 17:1Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.1 Samuel 13:11“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,Joshua 18:12On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.Isaiah 10:28Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.Hosea 10:5The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.Hosea 4:15Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’Judges 7:12Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.2 Chronicles 1:9Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.Joshua 7:2Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.Hosea 5:8Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!Jeremiah 15:8I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.Isaiah 48:19Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”Revelation 20:8and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.

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