Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 11:8
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And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
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And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
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He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
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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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1 Samuel 11
6 When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
7 He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
8 And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
9 So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
10 Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”
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