⁵ The Philistines assembled^(A) to fight Israel, with three thousand^[a] chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand^(B) on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash,^(C) east of Beth Aven.^(D)

¹⁷ Raiding^(A) parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah^(B) in the vicinity of Shual, ¹⁸ another toward Beth Horon,^(C) and the third toward the borderland overlooking the Valley of Zeboyim^(D) facing the wilderness.