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Complete Jewish Bible
1 Samuel 11:8
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Saul counted them at Bezek. There were three hundred thousand Israelites and thirty thousand men from Judah.
He numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Yisra'el were three hundred thousand, and the men of Yehudah thirty thousand.
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
He mustered them at Bezek; the Israelites were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah were thirty thousand.
When he mustered them at Bezek, the people of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
Saul gathered the people together at Bezek. There were three hundred thousand men from Israel and thirty thousand men from Judah.
When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000.
He assembled and counted them at Bezek; and the sons of Israel numbered 300,000, and the men of Judah 30,000.
He counted them in Bezek; and the sons of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah, thirty thousand.
And when he nombred them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundreth thousande men: and the men of Iudah thirtie thousand.
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the sons of Israel were 300,000, and the men of Judah 30,000.
at Bezek. Saul had them organized and counted. There were three hundred thousand from Israel and thirty thousand from Judah.
And he numbered them in Bezek, and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
Saul gathered the men together at Bezek. There were 300,000 men from Israel and 30,000 men from Judah.
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
Saul gathered them at Bezek: there were 300,000 from Israel and 30,000 from Judah.
And he mustered them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah, thirty thousand.
and they were tolde at Basek, and of the childre of Israel there were thre hundreth thousande men, and thirtie thousande of the children of Iuda.
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
And he had them numbered in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
And whe he numbred them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand men, and the men of Iuda thirtie thousande.
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
And when he numbred them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Iudah thirty thousand.
And he reviews them at Bezec in Bama, every man of Israel six hundred thousand, and the men of Juda seventy thousand.
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
And he noumbride hem in Besech; and thre hundrid thousynd weren of the sones of Israel; forsothe of the men of Juda weren thretti thousynde.
And he inspecteth them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel are three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the sons of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
He numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
When he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
When Saul mobilized them at Bezek, he found that there were 300,000 men from Israel and 30,000 men from Judah.
Saul numbered them at Bezek. There were 300,000 men of Israel, and 30,000 men of Judah.
When he mustered them at Bezek, those from Israel were three hundred thousand, and those from Judah seventy thousand.
And, when he numbered them in Bezek, the sons of Israel were found to be - three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
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.
When he mustered them at Bezek, the men of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
So Nahash went after them and prepared to go to war against Jabesh Gilead. The men of Jabesh petitioned Nahash: "Make a treaty with us and we'll serve you." Nahash said, "I'll make a treaty with you on one condition: that every right eye among you be gouged out! I'll humiliate every last man and woman in Israel before I'm done!" The town leaders of Jabesh said, "Give us time to send messengers around Israel—seven days should do it. If no one shows up to help us, we'll accept your terms." The messengers came to Saul's place at Gibeah and told the people what was going on. As the people broke out in loud wails, Saul showed up. He was coming back from the field with his oxen. Saul asked, "What happened? Why is everyone crying?" And they repeated the message that had come from Jabesh. The Spirit of God came on Saul when he heard the report and he flew into a rage. He grabbed the yoke of oxen and butchered them on the spot. He sent the messengers throughout Israel distributing the bloody pieces with this message: "Anyone who refuses to join up with Saul and Samuel, let this be the fate of his oxen!" The terror of God seized the people, and they came out, one and all, not a laggard among them. Saul took command of the people at Bezek. There were 300,000 men from Israel, another 30,000 from Judah.
He numbered them in Bezek; and the sons of Israel were 300,000, and the men of Judah 30,000.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Bezek: Judges 1:4, Judges 1:5
the children: 1 Samuel 13:15, 1 Samuel 15:4, 2 Samuel 24:9, 2 Chronicles 17:12-19
Reciprocal: Judges 20:1 - as one man Judges 20:17 - four hundred 2 Kings 3:6 - numbered
Cross-References
To ‘Ever were born two sons. One was given the name Peleg [division], because during his lifetime the earth was divided. His brother's name was Yoktan.
These were the families of the sons of Noach, according to their generations, in their nations. From these the nations of the earth were divided up after the flood.
Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city with a tower that has its top reaching up into heaven, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."
For this reason it is called Bavel [confusion] — because there Adonai confused the language of the whole earth, and from there Adonai scattered them all over the earth.
Cursed be their anger, for it has been fierce; their fury, for it has been cruel. I will divide them in Ya‘akov and scatter them in Isra'el.
"When ‘Elyon gave each nation its heritage, when he divided the human race, he assigned the boundaries of peoples according to Isra'el's population;
"He has performed mighty deeds with his arm, routed the secretly proud,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And when he numbered them at Bezek,.... Which was the place appointed to meet at, the same with that in Judges 1:4,
Judges 1:4- : though some take the word to be an appellative, and not, the proper name of a place, and render it, "with a stone"; with which he numbered, taking a stone from each, and laying them on a heap, and then telling them u; so Bizakion signifies little stones w with the Greeks: or "with a fragment"; either of an earthen vessel, or of a stone, or of the branch of a tree they carried in their hands, and so the king's servants numbered not the men, but the branches x:
and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand men; who came together on this occasion; these were of the eight tribes and a half on this side Jordan:
and the men of Judah thirty thousand; which tribe is mentioned distinctly, because a noble and warlike tribe, which usually first went up to battle; and though the number of them at this time assembled may seem comparatively small, yet this may easily be accounted for; because they bordered upon the Philistines, who watched every opportunity to take an advantage of them, and therefore could not leave their tribe destitute, but reserved a sufficient number to guard their coasts, and yet were desirous to testify their obedience to Saul, though chosen king out of another tribe, when they might have expected from prophecy that the dominion belonged to them. Josephus y has made a gross mistake in the numbers here, he makes the men of Israel to be 700,000, and the men of Judah 70,000, contrary to the text, the Targum, Syriac and Arabic versions; but the Septuagint comes pretty near him, which has 600,000 of the men of Israel, 70,000 of the men of Judah.
u Vid. T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 22. 2. & Gloss. in ib. w Suidas in voce βιζακιων x Vid. Sheringham. in Misn. Yoma, c. 2. sect. 1. p. 14. y Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 6. c. 5.) sect. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He numbered them - This was done to see who was absent (compare Judges 21:9).
Bezek has been conjectured to be the name of a district rather than of a town. Two villages retained the name in the time of Eusebius 17 miles from Nablous, on the way to Beth-shean.
The children of Israel and the men of Judah - This looks like the language of later times, times perhaps subsequent to the establishment of the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Israel here (including Benjamin) is as ten to one compared with Judah. This is about the true proportion.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 11:8. The children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. — This was a vast army, but the Septuagint make it even more: "All the men of Israel were ἑξακοσιας χιλιαδας, SIX HUNDRED thousand; and the men of Judah ̔βδομηκοντα χιλιαδας, SEVENTY thousand." Josephus goes yet higher with the number of the Israelites: "He found the number of those whom he had gathered together to be ̔βδομηκοντα μυριαδας SEVEN HUNDRED thousand." Those of the tribe of Judah he makes seventy thousand, with the Septuagint. These numbers are not all right; and I suspect even the Hebrew text to be exaggerated, by the mistake or design of some ancient scribe.
