Thematic Bible: Enrollment of the military forces of


Thematic Bible



When Saul counted them at Bezek, there were three hundred thousand troops from Israel and thirty thousand troops from Judah.

Joab told David: In Israel there is eight hundred thousand who can serve in the army. In Judah there are five hundred thousand.


The roster of families and households for the descendants of Judah listed the men by name that were at least twenty years old and eligible for military duty. The total for the tribe of Judah was seventy-four thousand six hundred.

The total number of men in his army is seventy-four thousand six hundred.


These were the families of Judah. The total number of men was seventy-six thousand five hundred.