1 Samuel 13:15-17

Saul numbered the people, about six hundred men A strange alteration since the last year, when, going out against the Ammonites, he had three hundred thousand with him, besides those of Judah, chap. 1 Samuel 11:6. Saul, and the people, abode in Gibeah This was a strong place, in which they could defend themselves better than in the open field. The spoilers came out, in three companies The Philistines sent out parties three several ways, to ravage the country, there being none to oppose them. This, we find from sundry instances, was the method which the enemies of Israel usually took to distress them.