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 · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And 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 · 1862

And 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) · 1752

So Saul commanded the people, and numbered them as lambs: two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand of the men of Juda.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.3Now 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.

v.4This passage

v.5And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

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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