1 Samuel 15:4
New International Version
So Saul summoned the men and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand from Judah.

New Living Translation
So Saul mobilized his army at Telaim. There were 200,000 soldiers from Israel and 10,000 men from Judah.

English Standard Version
So Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah.

Berean Standard Bible
So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

King James Bible
And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

New King James Version
So Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah.

New American Standard Bible
Then Saul summoned the people and counted them in Telaim: two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah.

NASB 1995
Then Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

NASB 1977
Then Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

Amplified Bible
So Saul summoned the people and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

Christian Standard Bible
Then Saul summoned the troops and counted them at Telaim: two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men from Judah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Saul summoned the troops and counted them at Telaim: 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men from Judah.

American Standard Version
And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shaul issued a decree for all the people to battle and numbered them: “Among young men two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand with the men of Yehuda

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Saul summoned the people, and he numbered them in Galgala, four hundred thousand regular troops, and Juda thirty thousand regular troops.

Contemporary English Version
Saul sent messengers who told every town and village to send men to join the army at Telaim. There were 210,000 troops in all, and 10,000 of these were from Judah. Saul organized them,

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Saul commanded the people, and numbered them as lambs: two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand of the men of Juda.

English Revised Version
And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Saul organized the troops, and he counted them at Telaim: 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men from Judah.

Good News Translation
Saul called his forces together and inspected them at Telem: there were 200,000 soldiers from Israel and 10,000 from Judah.

International Standard Version
Saul summoned the people and mustered them in Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men from Judah.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

Literal Standard Version
And Saul summons the people, and inspects them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand [are] men of Judah.

Majority Standard Bible
So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

New American Bible
Saul alerted the army, and at Telaim reviewed two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah.

NET Bible
So Saul assembled the army and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

New Revised Standard Version
So Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand soldiers of Judah.

New Heart English Bible
Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul assembled the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

World English Bible
Saul summoned the people, and counted them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul summoneth the people, and inspecteth them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand are men of Judah.

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Context
Saul's Disobedience
3Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ” 4So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim— 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah. 5Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.…

Cross References
Joshua 15:24
Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

1 Samuel 15:5
Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.


Treasury of Scripture

And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

Telaim

Joshua 15:24
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

Telem

1 Samuel 11:8
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

1 Samuel 13:15
And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

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1. Samuel sends Saul to destroy Amalek
6. Saul favors the Kenites
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(4) In Telaim.--Identical with Telem (Joshua 15:24), a place on the south border of Judah, near the region where the Amalekites chiefly dwelt.--Kimchi Telaim, however, signifies "lambs;" probably "Beth," house of, is to be understood. Thus it was no town, but the "place or house of lambs"--some open spot, where, at the proper season, the lambs were collected from the pastures in the wilderness.--Dean Payne Smith.

Ten thousand men of Judah.--Again the numbers of this great tribe are out of proportion to the numbers furnished by the rest of the tribes. (See Note on 1Samuel 11:8.)

Verse 4. - Telaim. Kimchi identifies this with Telem (Joshua 15:24), a place on the southern border of Judah near the country of the Amalekites. But as telaim means "lambs," more probably beth, "house," is to be understood; and so it was no town, but the "place of lambs," i.e. some open spot where at the proper season the lambs were collected from the pastures in the wilderness. Ten thousand men of Judah. A very small number compared with the hosts of Israel, especially as Judah was most exposed to the Amalekite, raids (but see on 1 Samuel 11:8. A large army was necessary, because the Bedouin race, though offering little direct resistance, would be very difficult to overtake

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Saul
שָׁאוּל֙ (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

summoned
וַיְשַׁמַּ֤ע (way·šam·ma‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

the troops
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

and numbered them
וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם֙ (way·yip̄·qə·ḏêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

at Telaim—
בַּטְּלָאִ֔ים (baṭ·ṭə·lā·’îm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2923: Telaim -- a place where Saul mustered his forces

200,000
מָאתַ֥יִם (mā·ṯa·yim)
Number - fd
Strong's 3967: A hundred

foot soldiers
רַגְלִ֑י (raḡ·lî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7273: A footman

and 10,000
וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת (wa·‘ă·śe·reṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6235: Ten

men
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Judah.
יְהוּדָֽה׃ (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites


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