Discovery Box1 Samuel 11:8-10 
Context11:8 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
1 tc The LXX and two Old Latin
2 tc The LXX, two Old Latin
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.”
