16 occurrences in 13 translations

'Number' in the Bible

And David said to him, How did things go? Give me the news. And in answer he said, The people have gone in flight from the fight, and a great number of them are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.

Verse ConceptsIsrael FleeingWhat Manner?

And the number of the days that David hath been king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, is seven years and six months.

Verse ConceptsLengthSeven Years

Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

David again assembled all the best men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.

Verse ConceptsThirty Thousand And Up

And David got great honour for himself, when he came back, by the destruction of Edom in the valley of Salt, to the number of eighteen thousand men.

Verse ConceptsSaltValleysEleven To Nineteen ThousandNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

And the men of the town went out and had a fight with Joab: and a number of David's men came to their death in the fight, and with them Uriah the Hittite.

Verse ConceptsKilling Named Individuals

The rich man had a large number of sheep and cattle,

Verse ConceptsCows

And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, or the number will be over-great for you. And he made his request again, but he would not go, but he gave him his blessing.

So here's my advice: Muster everybody from one end of the country to the other! You'll have an army in number like the sand on the seashore! Then you'll go into battle!

Verse ConceptsSandAssembling IsraelActing For OneselfMany In Israel

And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

Verse ConceptsFingersGiantsDefectivenessToesSix ThingsFingers Of PeopleTwenty Some

Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in number.

Verse ConceptsThirty Some

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

Verse ConceptsProvoking GodTribes Of IsraelAnger Of God, Examples OfGod Urging

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

Verse ConceptsCensus

And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing?

Verse ConceptsOne HundredGod Multipling PeopleAdding People

Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

Verse ConceptsStubbornnessSelf WillCensus

And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

Verse ConceptsSwordsTribes Of IsraelThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

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