1 Samuel 11:8-10

11:8 When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 ¹  strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000. ² 

11:9 They said to the messengers who had come, “Here’s what you should say to the men of Jabesh Gilead: ‘Tomorrow deliverance will come to you when the sun is fully up.’” When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh Gilead, they were happy. 11:10 The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you ³  and you can do with us whatever you wish.” ⁴ 

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¹ tc The LXX and two Old Latin mss read 600,000 here, rather than the MT’s 300,000.

² tc The LXX, two Old Latin mss, and a Qumran ms read 70,000 here, rather than the MT’s 30,000.

³ tn The second masculine plural forms in this quotation indicate that Nahash and his army are addressed.

⁴ tn Heb “according to all that is good in your eyes.”