1 Samuel 13:5

Good News Translation

The Philistines assembled to fight the Israelites; they had thirty thousand war chariots, six thousand cavalry troops, and as many soldiers as there are grains of sand on the seashore. They went to Michmash, east of Bethaven, and camped there.

Cross References

Genesis 22:17

I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.

2 Samuel 17:11

My advice is that you bring all the Israelites together from one end of the country to the other, as many as the grains of sand on the seashore, and that you lead them personally in battle.

1 Kings 20:27

The Israelites were called up and equipped; they marched out and camped in two groups facing the Syrians. The Israelites looked like two small flocks of goats compared to the Syrians, who spread out over the countryside.

2 Chronicles 1:9

O Lord God, fulfill the promise you made to my father. You have made me king over a people who are so many that they cannot be counted,

Isaiah 10:28

The enemy army has captured the city of Ai! They have passed through Migron! They left their supplies at Michmash!

Isaiah 48:19

Your descendants would be as numerous as grains of sand, and I would have made sure they were never destroyed.”

Jeremiah 15:8

There are more widows in your land than grains of sand by the sea. I killed your young men in their prime and made their mothers suffer. I suddenly struck them with anguish and terror.

Hosea 10:5

The people who live in the city of Samaria will be afraid and will mourn the loss of the gold bull at Bethaven. They and the priests who serve the idol will weep over it. They will wail when it is stripped of its golden splendor.

Hosea 4:15

“Even though you people of Israel are unfaithful to me, may Judah not be guilty of the same thing. Don't worship at Gilgal or Bethaven, or make promises there in the name of the living Lord.

Hosea 5:8

Blow the war trumpets in Gibeah! Sound the alarm in Ramah! Raise the war cry at Bethaven! Into battle, men of Benjamin!

Romans 9:27

And Isaiah exclaims about Israel: “Even if the people of Israel are as many as the grains of sand by the sea, yet only a few of them will be saved;

Joshua 11:4

They came with all their soldiers—an army with as many men as there are grains of sand on the seashore. They also had many horses and chariots.

Joshua 18:12

On the north their border began at the Jordan and then went up the slope north of Jericho and westward through the hill country as far as the desert of Bethaven.

Joshua 7:2

Joshua sent some men from Jericho to Ai, a city east of Bethel, near Bethaven, with orders to go and explore the land. When they had done so,

Judges 7:12

The Midianites, the Amalekites, and the desert tribesmen were spread out in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and they had as many camels as there are grains of sand on the seashore.

1 Samuel 13:11

but Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul answered, “The people were deserting me, and you had not come when you said you would; besides that, the Philistines are gathering at Michmash.

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul picked three thousand men, keeping two thousand of them with him in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel and sending one thousand with his son Jonathan to Gibeah, in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. The rest of the men Saul sent home.

1 Samuel 14:23

fighting all the way beyond Bethaven. The Lord saved Israel that day.

1 Samuel 14:52

As long as he lived, Saul had to fight fiercely against the Philistines. So whenever he found a man who was strong or brave, he would enlist him in his army.

1 Samuel 17:1

The Philistines gathered for battle in Socoh, a town in Judah; they camped at a place called Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.

1 Samuel 7:13

So the Philistines were defeated, and the Lord prevented them from invading Israel's territory as long as Samuel lived.