Study it in the app“The Philistines gathered to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people like the sand that is on the shore of the sea in multitude. They came up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.”
The Philistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּיםgatheredנֶאֶסְפוּto fightלְהִלָּחֵםwithעִםIsrael:יִשְׂרָאֵלthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםthousandאֶלֶףchariotsרֶכֶבand sixוְשֵׁשֶׁתthousandאֲלָפִיםhorsemen,פָּרָשִׁיםand peopleוְעָםlike the sandכַּחוֹלthat isאֲשֶׁרonעַלthe shoreשְׂפַתof the seaהַיָּםin multitude.לָרֹבThey came upוַיַּעֲלוּand campedוַיַּחֲנוּat Michmash,בְמִכְמָשׂeastקִדְמַתof Beth-aven.בֵּית אָוֶן
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “felishtim” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “neesfu” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsthirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearschariot
War chariots.
Where else “rechev” appearssix
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “sheshet” appearshorseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “parashim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearssand
Sand.
Where else “chol” appearsedge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefat” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearsmultitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appearsencamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appearsMichmash
Michmash, a town of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, beside a pass between the hills.
Where else “michmas” appearseast of
Toward the east, east of; in front.
Where else “kidmat” appearsBeth-aven
Beth-aven: a place near Ai and Bethel. The name means "house of wickedness" or "house of nothing."
Where else “bet” appears4All Israel heard it said, “Saul has struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also Israel has become odious to the Philistines.” And the people were summoned after Saul at Gilgal.
5 · This verse (above)
6The men of Israel saw that they were in distress, for the people were hard pressed, and the people hid in the caves, in the thickets, in the rocks, in the strongholds, and in the cisterns.
