3 occurrences

'Sands' in the Bible

And the Philistines came together to make war on Israel, three thousand war-carriages and six thousand horsemen and an army of people like the sands of the sea in number: they came up and took up their position in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberFigures Of Speechenemies, of Israel and JudahChariotsAssemblyMany CombatantsSandSoldiersArmies, Against IsraelCavalrySix ThousandThirty Thousand And UpSand And Gravel

But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.

Verse ConceptsSandAssembling IsraelActing For OneselfMany In Israel

They are coming all of them with force; the direction of their faces is forward, the number of their prisoners is like the sands of the sea.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersWindDealing With Many PeoplePursuing ViolenceSand And Gravel

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