1 Sam 13:5

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thirty thousand chariots.

The Philistines had no doubt collected troops in this emergency, from all the surrounding nation; but the number of chariots is immensely large beyond any example, and wholly disproportioned to the number of their cavalry.

It is probable, therefore, that for {sheloshim aileph,} "thirty thousand," we should read {shelosh aileph,} "three thousand," with the Syriac and Arabic.

as the sand.

Gen 22:17; Josh 11:4; Judg 7:12; 2Chr 1:9; Isa 48:19; Jer 15:8; Rom 9:27

Beth-aven.

1Sam 14:23; Josh 7:2; Josh 18:12; Hos 4:15; Hos 5:8; Hos 10:5