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Saul Defeats the Ammonites

1 Samuel 11:8

In 11 translations

BSB
And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.DSS and LXX 70,000
KJV
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
WEB
He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
ASV
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
LSV
And he inspects them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel are three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
YLT
And he inspecteth them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel are three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
DBY
And he numbered them in Bezek, and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
DRC
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.
GNV
And when he nombred them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundreth thousande men: and the men of Iudah thirtie thousand.
JPS
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
LXXE
And he reviews them at Bezec in Bama, every man of Israel six hundred thousand, and the men of Juda seventy thousand.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֖ם בְּבָ֑זֶק וַיִּהְי֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ שְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֣וֹת אֶ֔לֶף וְאִ֥ישׁ יְהוּדָ֖ה שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אָֽלֶף׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπισκέπτεται αὐτοὺς ἐν βεζὲκ ἐν Βαμᾷ πάντα ἄνδρα Ἰσραὴλ ἑξακοσίας χιλιάδας, καὶ ἄνδρας Ἰούδα ἑβδομήκοντα χιλιάδας.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:9And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
  • Judges 1:4–5When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek. And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the…
  • 1 Samuel 15:4So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
  • 1 Samuel 13:15Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
  • 2 Chronicles 17:12–19Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah and kept vast supplies in the cities of Judah. He also had warriors in Jerusalem who were mighty men of valor. These are their…
  • Judges 20:2The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.

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