1 Samuel 13:5 meaning and explanation
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.
1 Samuel 13:5, Berean Standard Bible
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The Philistines mass their forces against Israel after Jonathan's raid on the outpost at Geba. The narrator piles up numbers, three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen and troops like the sand on the seashore, a phrase the Bible often uses for countless multitudes.
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