1 Samuel 11:8 - Plain English Version

⁸ Saul gathered them all together at a place called Bezek. 300,000 men came from the Israel mob and 30,000 came from the Judah mob.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And he numbered them at Bezek, and the Israelites were 300,000 and the men of Judah 30,000.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

Common English Bible

⁸ When Saul counted them at Bezek, the soldiers from Israel totaled three hundred thousand and those from Judah thirty thousand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And he took a census of them at Bezek. And there were three hundred thousand of the sons of Israel. And there were thirty thousand of the men of Judah.

1 Samuel 11:8 Cross References

1 Samuel 11:9

Those men told the messengers from Jabesh, “Tell that Jabesh mob, ‘Tomorrow morning we will hunt away that Ammon mob and then rescue you mob before the middle of the day.’ ” The Jabesh mob heard that, and they were very happy.

1 Samuel 15:4

So Saul sent messengers to every place, to tell the soldiers to meet together at a place called Telayim. Lots of soldiers came together at that place. There were 200,000 soldiers from Israel and 10,000 from Judah.