1 Samuel 11:8 “And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites an…”

1 Samuel 11:8

And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And when he nombred them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundreth thousande men: and the men of Iudah thirtie thousand.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And he inspecteth them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel are three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“Bezek”

Judges 1:4 Judges 1:5

Judges 1:4 · BSB

When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.

Judges 1:5 · BSB

And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.

“the children”

2 Samuel 24:9 1 Samuel 13:15 1 Samuel 15:4 2 Chronicles 17:12–19

2 Samuel 24:9 · BSB

And 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.

1 Samuel 13:15 · BSB

Then 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.

1 Samuel 15:4 · BSB

So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

2 Chronicles 17:12–19 · BSB

Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah

Also

Judges 20:2

Judges 20:2 · BSB

The 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.

9So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.

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