1 Samuel 13:5

New Century Version

The Philistines gathered to fight Israel with three thousand chariots and six thousand men to ride in them. Their soldiers were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. The Philistines went and camped at Micmash, which is east of Beth Aven.

Cross References

Genesis 22:17

I will surely bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and they will capture the cities of their enemies.

2 Samuel 17:11

“This is what I suggest: Gather all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba. There will be as many people as grains of sand by the sea. Then you yourself must go into the battle.

1 Kings 20:27

The Israelites also had prepared for war. They marched out to meet the Arameans and camped opposite them. The Israelites looked like two small flocks of goats, but the Arameans covered the area.

2 Chronicles 1:9

Now, Lord God, may your promise to my father David come true. You have made me king of a people who are as many as the dust of the earth.

Isaiah 10:28

The army of Assyria will enter near Aiath. Its soldiers will walk through Migron. They will store their food in Micmash.

Isaiah 48:19

You would have had many children, as many as the grains of sand. They would never have died out nor been destroyed.”

Jeremiah 15:8

There are more widows than grains of sand in the sea. I brought a destroyer at noontime against the mothers of the young men of Judah. I suddenly brought pain and fear on the people of Judah.

Hosea 10:5

The people from Israel are worried about the calf-shaped idol at Beth Aven. The people will cry about it, and the priests will cry about it. They used to shout for joy about its glory,

Hosea 4:15

“Israel, you act like a prostitute, but do not be guilty toward the Lord. Don’t go to Gilgal or go up to Beth Aven. Don’t make promises, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives …’

Hosea 5:8

“Blow the horn in Gibeah and the trumpet in Ramah. Give the warning at Beth Aven, and be first into battle, people of Benjamin.

Romans 9:27

And Isaiah cries out about Israel: “The people of Israel are many, like the grains of sand by the sea. But only a few of them will be saved,

Joshua 11:4

So the armies of all these kings came together with their horses and chariots. There were as many soldiers as grains of sand on the seashore.

Joshua 18:12

The northern border started at the Jordan River and went along the northern edge of Jericho, and then it went west into the mountains. That boundary continued until it was just east of Beth Aven.

Joshua 7:2

Joshua sent some men from Jericho to Ai, which was near Beth Aven, east of Bethel. He told them, “Go to Ai and spy out the area.” So the men went to spy on Ai.

Judges 7:12

The Midianites, the Amalekites, and all the peoples from the east were camped in that valley. There were so many of them they seemed like locusts. Their camels could not be counted because they were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore!

1 Samuel 13:11

Samuel asked, “What have you done?” Saul answered, “I saw the soldiers leaving me, and you were not here when you said you would be. The Philistines were gathering at Micmash.

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand men stayed with him at Micmash in the mountains of Bethel, and one thousand men stayed with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. Saul sent the other men in the army back home.

1 Samuel 14:23

So the Lord saved the Israelites that day, and the battle moved on past Beth Aven.

1 Samuel 14:52

All Saul’s life he fought hard against the Philistines. When he saw strong or brave men, he took them into his army.

1 Samuel 17:1

The Philistines gathered their armies for war. They met at Socoh in Judah and camped at Ephes Dammim between Socoh and Azekah.

1 Samuel 7:13

So the Philistines were defeated and did not enter the Israelites’ land again. The Lord was against the Philistines all Samuel’s life.