1 Samuel 11:8
What does 1 Samuel 11:8 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 11:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he had them numbered in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he inspecteth them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel are three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he numbered them in Bezec: and there were of the children of Israel three hundred thousand: and of the men of Juda thirty thousand.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he numbered them in Bezek, and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
Context
v.7And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the dread of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
v.8This passage
v.9And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 15:4
And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 17:12
And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.
- 2 Samuel 24:9
And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering 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.
- Judges 1:4
And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
- 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.
- Judges 20:2
And the chiefs 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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