And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
The Philistines joined forces to fight Israel. They had 30,000 chariots, 6,000 horses, and many people like sand on a beach. They set up camp in Michmash, east of Bethaven.