THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 11:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
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.
וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֖ם בְּבָ֑זֶק וַיִּהְי֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ שְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֣וֹת אֶ֔לֶף וְאִ֥ישׁ יְהוּדָ֖ה שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אָֽלֶף׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Sam 24:9And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people to the king, and there were found of Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword: and of Juda five hundred thousand fighting men.
- Judg 1:4And Juda went up, and the Lord delivered the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite into their hands: and they slew of them in Bezec ten thousand men.
- Judg 1:5And they found Adonibezec in Bezec, and fought against him, and they defeated the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite.
- 2 Chr 17:12And Josaphat grew, and became exceeding great: and he built in Juda houses like towers, and walled cities.
- 2 Chr 17:19All these were at the hand of the king, beside others, whom he had put in the walled cities, in all Juda.
- 1 Sam 13:15And Samuel arose and went up from Galgal to Gabaa of Benjamin. And the rest of the people went up after Saul, to meet the people who fought against them, going from Galgal to Gabaa, in the hill of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people, that were found with him, about six hundred men.
- 1 Sam 15:4So Saul commanded the people, and numbered them as lambs: two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand of the men of Juda.
- Judg 20:2And all the chiefs of the people, and all the tribes of Israel, met together in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen fit for war.