1 Samuel 15:4

Saul summoned the people, and counted them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

5Saul came to the city of Amalek, and set an ambush in the valley.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:8He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

2 Kings 3:6King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 15:2-10

The Amalekites Destroyed. ( b. c. 1065.) 1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord . 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.… Read the whole commentary →

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