* 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.
# Ge 22:17; Jos 11:4; Jud 7:12; 2Ch 1:9; Isa 48:19; Jer 15:8; Ro 9:27|
* Beth-aven.
# 14:23; Jos 7:2; 18:12; Ho 4:15; 5:8; 10:5|
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