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1 Samuel 11:8

IsraelJudahBezek

6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

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

9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.

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BSB
And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
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.
DARBY
And he numbered them in Bezek, and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
BLB
And he numbered them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
ÅB
Han mønstret dem i Besek, og Israels barn var tre hundre tusen, og Judas menn tretti tusen.
OTB
Da han mønstret dem ved Bezek, var Israels sønner tre hundre tusen, og Judas menn tretti tusen.
B1930
Han mønstret dem i Besek, og Israels barn var tre hundre tusen, og Judas menn tretti tusen.

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  • Judges 1:4–5

    And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:9

    And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

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  • 2 Chronicles 17:12–19

    And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:15

    And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:4

    And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

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  • Judges 20:2

    And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

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