1 Samuel 11:8

And he reviews them at Bezec in Bama, every man of Israel six hundred thousand, and the men of Juda seventy thousand.

Brenton Septuagint

In The 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.

In Context

7And he took two cows, and cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoso comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall they do to his oxen: and a transport from the Lord came upon the people of Israel, and they + 11:7 Lit. cried out.came out to battle as one man.

9And he said to the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say to the men of Jabis, To-morrow ye shall have deliverance when the sun is hot; and the messengers came to the city, and told the men of Jabis, and they rejoiced.

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Cross References

Judges 1:4And Judas went up; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands, and they smote them in Bezek to the number of ten thousand men.

1 Samuel 13:15And Samuel arose, and departed from Galgala, and the remnant of the people went after Saul to meet him after the men of war, when they had come out of Galgala to Gabaa of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.

2 Samuel 24:9And Joab gave in the number of the census of the people to the king: and Israel consisted of eight hundred thousand men of might that drew sword; and the men of Juda, five hundred thousand fighting men.

2 Chronicles 17:12And Josaphat increased in greatness exceedingly, and built in Judea places of abode, and strong cities.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 11:6-12

The Distress of Jabesh-Gilead; Saul Succours Jabesh-Gilead. ( b. c. 1069.) 5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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