Joab reported the number of the fighting men to the king: in Israel there were eight hundred thousand able-bodied men who could handle a sword, and in Judah five hundred thousand.
1 Samuel 11:8 - New International Version (Anglicised) When Saul mustered them at Bezek, the men of Israel numbered three hundred thousand and those of Judah thirty thousand. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 And he numbered them at Bezek, and the Israelites were 300,000 and the men of Judah 30,000. American Standard Version (1901) 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 When Saul counted them at Bezek, the soldiers from Israel totaled three hundred thousand and those from Judah thirty thousand. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he numbered them in Bezec. And there were of the children of Israel three hundred thousand: and of the men of Juda thirty thousand. |
Joab reported the number of the fighting men to the king: in Israel there were eight hundred thousand able-bodied men who could handle a sword, and in Judah five hundred thousand.
So at that time King Joram set out from Samaria and mobilised all Israel.
The leaders of all the people of the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, four hundred thousand men armed with swords.
They told the messengers who had come, ‘Say to the men of Jabesh Gilead, “By the time the sun is hot tomorrow, you will be rescued.” ’ When the messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh, they were elated.
Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin, and Saul counted the men who were with him. They numbered about six hundred.
So Saul summoned the men and mustered them at Telaim – two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand from Judah.