1 Samuel 15:4
What does 1 Samuel 15:4 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 15:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Saul sent for the people and had them numbered in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Saul summoneth the people, and inspecteth them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand <FI>are<Fi> men of Judah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752So Saul commanded the people, and numbered them as lambs: two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand of the men of Juda.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Joshua 15:24
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
- 1 Samuel 11:8
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
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