1 Samuel 8:12
8:12 He will appoint for himself leaders of thousands and leaders of fifties, 1 as well as those who plow his ground, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and his chariot equipment.
1 Samuel 23:23
23:23 Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. 2 Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him 3 among all the thousands of Judah.”
1 Samuel 29:2
29:2 When the leaders of the Philistines were passing in review at the head of their units of hundreds and thousands, 4 David and his men were passing in review in the rear with Achish.
1 tc The numbers of v. 12 are confused in the Greek and Syriac versions. For “fifties” the LXX has “hundreds.” The Syriac Peshitta has “heads of thousands and heads of hundreds and heads of fifties and heads of tens,” perhaps reflecting influence from Deut 1:15.
2 tn Heb “established.”
3 tn Heb “I will search him out.”
4 tn Heb “passing by with respect to hundreds and thousands.” This apparently describes a mustering of troops for the purpose of inspection and readiness.