1Sa 13:5 | NET2full | STEP | Meanwhile the Philistines gathered to battle with Israel . Then they went up against Israel with 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 .

1 Samuel 13:5

5 Meanwhile the Philistines gathered to battle with Israel. Then they went up against Israel ^{▼▼tc The MT omits “they went up against Israel” in a case of homoioteleuton, but these words are preserved in LXX.} with 3,000 chariots, ^{▼▼tc The translation follows the Lucianic Greek rescension and the Syriac. Many English versions follow the MT (e.g., KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV) reading “30,000” here. One expects there to be more horsemen than chariots, cf. 2 Kgs 13:7; 2 Chr 12:3.} 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.