The chiefsof allthe people,[even] of allthe tribesof Israel,tooktheir standin the assemblyof the peopleof God,400000footsoldierswho drewthe sword.
The womansaid,"Whythen have you plannedsucha thingagainstthe peopleof God?For in speakingthiswordthe kingis as onewhois guilty,[in that] the kingdoes not bringbackhis banishedone.
And Joabgavethe numberof the registrationof the peopleto the king;and there were in Israeleighthundredthousandvaliantmenwho drewthe sword,and the menof Judahwere fivehundredthousandmen.
When the kingof Moabsawthat the battlewas toofiercefor him, he tookwith him 700menwho drewswords,to breakthroughto the kingof Edom;but they couldnot.
When the sonsof Israelheard[of it], the wholecongregationof the sonsof Israelgatheredthemselves at Shilohto goup againstthem in war.
From the citieson that daythe sonsof Benjaminwere numbered,26000menwho drawthe sword,besidesthe inhabitantsof Gibeahwho were numbered,700choicemen.
Then the menof IsraelbesidesBenjaminwere numbered,400000menwho drawthe sword;allthesewere menof war.
(Now the sonsof Benjaminheardthat the sonsof Israelhad goneup to Mizpah.)And the sonsof Israelsaid,"Tell[us], howdid thiswickednesstakeplace?"
Now Zebahand Zalmunnawere in Karkor,and their armieswith them, about 15,000men, allwho were leftof the entirearmyof the sonsof the east;for the fallenwere 120,000swordsmen.
He numberedthem in Bezek;and the sonsof Israelwere 300,000,and the menof Judah30000
