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BI 1Sa 13:5 ©

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OET (OET-RV)The Philistines assembled themselves to fight Israel with thirty thousand chariots, six thousand mounted cavalry, and warriors as numerous as the sand on the beach. They went to Mikmas and camped there, east of Beyt-Aven.

OET-LVAnd_Fəlishəttiy they_gathered to_fight with Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) thirty thousand chariot[s] and_six thousand(s) horsemen and_troops as_as_the_sand which [is]_on the_shore the_sea to_increase_in_number and_came_up and_camped in/on/at/with_Mikmāş the_east house_of wwww.

UHBוּ⁠פְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים נֶאֶסְפ֣וּ ׀ לְ⁠הִלָּחֵ֣ם עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים אֶ֤לֶף רֶ֨כֶב֙ וְ⁠שֵׁ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ פָּרָשִׁ֔ים וְ⁠עָ֕ם כַּ⁠ח֛וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־שְׂפַֽת־הַ⁠יָּ֖ם לָ⁠רֹ֑ב וַֽ⁠יַּעֲלוּ֙ וַ⁠יַּחֲנ֣וּ בְ⁠מִכְמָ֔שׂ קִדְמַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית אָֽוֶן׃
   (ū⁠fəlishtim neʼeşfū lə⁠hillāḩēm ˊim-yisrāʼēl shəloshim ʼelef rekeⱱ və⁠shēshet ʼₐlāfīm pārāshim və⁠ˊām ka⁠ḩōl ʼₐsher ˊal-səfat-ha⁠yyām lā⁠roⱱ va⁠yyaˊₐlū va⁠yyaḩₐnū ə⁠mikmās qidmat bēyt ʼāven.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXXΚαὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι συνάγονται εἰς πόλεμον ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἀναβαίνουσιν ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ τριάκοντα χιλιάδες ἁρμάτων, καὶ ἓξ χιλιάδες ἱππέων, καὶ λαὸς ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῷ πλήθει· καὶ ἀναβαίνουσι καὶ παρεμβάλλουσιν ἐν Μαχμὰς ἐξ ἐναντίας Βαιθωρὼν κατὰ Νότου.
   (Kai hoi allofuloi sunagontai eis polemon epi Israaʸl; kai anabainousin epi Israaʸl triakonta ⱪiliades harmatōn, kai hex ⱪiliades hippeōn, kai laos hōs haʸ ammos haʸ para taʸn thalassan tōi plaʸthei; kai anabainousi kai paremballousin en Maⱪmas ex enantias Baithōrōn kata Notou. )

BrTrAnd the Philistines gather together to war with Israel; and then come up against Israel thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand by the seashore for multitude: and they come up, and encamp in Machmas, opposite Bæthoron southward.

ULTAnd the Philistines gathered to fight against Israel: 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen and a people like the sand that is on the shore of the sea wiith respect to abundance. And they went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth Aven.

USTThe Philistines gathered together and were given equipment to fight the Israelites. The Philistines had three thousand chariots and six thousand chariot drivers. Their soldiers seemed to be as many as grains of sand on the seashore. They went up and set up their tents at Micmash, to the east of Beth Aven, that is, Bethel.

BSB  § Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand [fn] 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.


13:5 Some LXX manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew thirty thousand


OEBThe Philistines were gathered together to fight with Israel – thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and fighters as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They came up and encamped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

WEBBEThe Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.

WMBB (Same as above)

NETFor the battle with Israel the Philistines had amassed 3,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and an army as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.

LSVAnd the Philistines have been gathered to fight with Israel; thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a people as the sand which [is] on the seashore for multitude; and they come up and encamp in Michmash, east of Beth-Aven.

FBVThe Philistines gathered to fight against Israel. They had three thousand[fn] chariots, six thousand horsemen, and soldiers as numerous as sand on the seashore. They advanced and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.


13:5 The Hebrew text reads “30,000” which seems excessive. The Lucian version of the Septuagint and the Syriac read 3,000.

T4TThe Philistines gathered together and were given equipment to fight the Israelis. The Philistines had 3,000 chariots, and 6,000 chariot-drivers. Their soldiers seemed to be as many as grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. They went up and set up their tents at Micmash, to the east of Beth-Aven (which means ‘house of wickedness’, and really referred to Bethel town).

LEBAnd the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and an army as numerous as sand which is on the seashore. And they came up and encamped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.

BBEAnd the Philistines came together to make war on Israel, three thousand war-carriages and six thousand horsemen and an army of people like the sands of the sea in number: they came up and took up their position in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.

MoffNo Moff 1SA book available

JPSAnd 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 pitched in Michmas, eastward of Beth-aven.

ASVAnd 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.

DRAThe Philistines also were assembled to fight against Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a multitude of people besides, like the sand on the sea shore for number. And going up they camped in Machmas at the east of Bethaven.

YLTAnd the Philistines have been gathered to fight with Israel; thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a people as the sand which [is] on the sea-shore for multitude; and they come up and encamp in Michmash, east of Beth-Aven.

DrbyAnd the Philistines were assembled 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 from Beth-Aven.

RVAnd 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 pitched in Michmash, eastward of Beth-aven.

WbstrAnd the Philistines assembled 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 from Beth-aven.

KJB-1769¶ 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.

KJB-1611¶ And the Philistines gathered themselues together, to fight with Israel, thirtie thousand charets, and sixe thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude, and they came vp, and pitched in Michmash, Eastward from Bethauen.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

BshpsThe Philistines also gathered them selues together to fyght with Israel, thirtie thousand charettes, & sixe thousand horsemen, with other people lyke the sand by the seas side in multitude, & came vp, and pitched in Michmas, eastwarde from Bethauen.
   (The Philistines also gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, with other people like the sand by the seas side in multitude, and came up, and pitched in Michmas, eastward from Bethaven.)

GnvaThe Philistims also gathered themselues together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand charets, and sixe thousande horsemen: for the people was like the sand which is by the seas side in multitude, and came vp, and pitched in Michmash Eastward from Beth-auen.
   (The Philistines also gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen: for the people was like the sand which is by the seas side in multitude, and came up, and pitched in Michmash Eastward from Beth-aven. )

CvdlThen the Philistynes gathered them selues together to fighte wt Israel, thirtie thousande charettes, sixe thousande horsmen, and other people besyde, in nombre as the sonde by the See shore, and wente vp, and pitched at Michmas on the eastsyde of Bethauen.
   (Then the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsmen, and other people beside, in number as the sonde by the See shore, and went up, and pitched at Michmas on the eastsyde of Bethaven.)

WyclAnd Filisteis weren gaderid to fiyte ayens Israel; `of Filisteis weren thretti thousynde of charis, and sixe thousynde of knyytis, and the tother comyn puple, as grauel `which is ful myche in the brynke of the see; and thei stieden, and settiden tentis in Machynas, at the eest of Bethauen.
   (And Philistines were gathered to fight against Israel; `of Philistines were thirty thousand of chariots, and six thousand of knyytis, and the tother common people, as grauel `which is full much in the brynke of the see; and they stieden, and settiden tents in Machynas, at the east of Bethaven.)

LuthDa versammelten sich die Philister, zu streiten mit Israel, dreißigtausend Wagen, sechstausend Reiter und sonst Volk, so viel wie Sand am Rande des Meers, und zogen herauf und lagerten sich zu Michmas, gegen Morgen vor Beth-Aven.
   (So gathereden itself/yourself/themselves the Philistines, to argue/battle with Israel, thirtytausend Wagen, sechstausend Reiter and sonst people, so many like sand in/at/on_the Rande the Meers, and pulled herauf and stored itself/yourself/themselves to Michmas, gegen Morgen before/in_front_of Beth-Aven.)

ClVgEt Philisthiim congregati sunt ad præliandum contra Israël, triginta millia curruum, et sex millia equitum, et reliquum vulgus, sicut arena quæ est in littore maris plurima. Et ascendentes castrametati sunt in Machmas ad orientem Bethaven.
   (And Philistines congregati are to præliandum on_the_contrary Israel, triginta thousands curruum, and sex thousands equitum, and reliquum vulgus, like arena which it_is in littore maris plurima. And ascendentes castrametati are in Machmas to orientem Bethaven. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

13:5 The Israelites were massively outnumbered, hence their fearful responses.
• The Philistine army’s 3,000 chariots and 6,000 charioteers indicate Israel’s underdog status. Nowhere in 1 Samuel is Israel said to have had any chariots (see study note on 13:19-22).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-numbers

(Occurrence 0) three thousand … six thousand

(Some words not found in UHB: and,Philistines assembled to,fight with Yisrael thirty thousand chariots and,six thousand horsemen and,troops as_~_as_the,sand which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in shore_of the=sea to=increase_in_number and,came_up and,camped in/on/at/with,Michmash east_of house_of אָוֶן )

“3,000 … 6,000”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

(Occurrence 0) troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore

(Some words not found in UHB: and,Philistines assembled to,fight with Yisrael thirty thousand chariots and,six thousand horsemen and,troops as_~_as_the,sand which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in shore_of the=sea to=increase_in_number and,came_up and,camped in/on/at/with,Michmash east_of house_of אָוֶן )

This is an exaggeration that means a group of soldiers so large that it was difficult to count them.

Note 3 topic: translate-names

(Occurrence 0) Michmash

(Some words not found in UHB: and,Philistines assembled to,fight with Yisrael thirty thousand chariots and,six thousand horsemen and,troops as_~_as_the,sand which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in shore_of the=sea to=increase_in_number and,came_up and,camped in/on/at/with,Michmash east_of house_of אָוֶן )

This is the name of a place.

Note 4 topic: translate-names

(Occurrence 0) Beth Aven

(Some words not found in UHB: and,Philistines assembled to,fight with Yisrael thirty thousand chariots and,six thousand horsemen and,troops as_~_as_the,sand which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in shore_of the=sea to=increase_in_number and,came_up and,camped in/on/at/with,Michmash east_of house_of אָוֶן )

This is the name of a place.

BI 1Sa 13:5 ©