1 Samuel 15 · Verse 4

1 Samuel 15:4

And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
1 Samuel 15:4, King James Version

1 Samuel 15:4 in other translations

BSBSo Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
WEBSaul summoned the people, and counted them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.
ASVAnd Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
YLTAnd Saul summoneth the people, and inspecteth them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand are men of Judah.
DARBYAnd Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
BBEAnd Saul sent for the people and had them numbered in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.
WebsterAnd Saul assembled the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

What does 1 Samuel 15:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. Saul gathered the people together--The alacrity with which he entered on the necessary preparations for the expedition gave a fair, but delusive promise of faithfulness in its execution. Telaim--or Telem, among the uttermost cities of the tribe of Judah towards the coast of Edom (Jos 15:21, 24).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Two hundred thousand - and ten thousand - The Septuagint, in the London Polyglot, have Four Hundred thousand companies of Israel, and Thirty thousand companies of Judah. The Codex Alexandrinus has Ten thousand of each. The Complutensian Polyglot has Two Hundred thousand companies of Israel, and Ten thousand of Judah. And Josephus has Four Hundred thousand of Israel, and Thirty thousand of Judah. All the other versions are the same with the Hebrew text; and there is no difference in the MSS.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:1-9

The sentence of condemnation against the Amalekites had gone forth long before, Ex 17:14; De 25:19, but they had been spared till they filled up the measure of their sins. We are sure that the righteous Lord does no injustice to any. The remembering the kindness of the ancestors of the Kenites, in favour to them, at the time God was punishing the injuries done by the ancestors of the Amalekites, tended to clear the…

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1 Samuel 15:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְשַׁמַּ֤עvay.sha.Ma'and he summonedH8085
שָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlSaulH7586
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם֙vai.yif.ke.Demand he mustered themH6485
בַּטְּלָאִ֔יםba.te.la.'Imat <the> TelaimH2923
מָאתַ֥יִםma.Ta.yimtwo hundredH3967
אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
רַגְלִ֑יrag.Lifoot soldier[s]H7273
וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶתva.'a.Se.retand tenH6235
אֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505
אֶת\־'et-withH854
אִ֥ישׁ'ish<the> man ofH376
יְהוּדָֽה\׃ye.hu.DahJudahH3063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 15:4

  • Joshua 15:24

    Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Telaim.
Jos 15:24
Telem. two.
11:8; 13:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 15:3

    Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

  • 1 Samuel 15:4

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

  • 1 Samuel 15:5

    And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

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1 Samuel 15:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Saúl pues juntó el pueblo, y reconociólos en Telaim, doscientos mil de á pie, y diez mil hombres de Judá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Saül convoqua le peuple et le dénombra à Telaïm, 200 000 hommes de pied, et 10 000 hommes de Juda.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da rief Saul das Volk auf und musterte sie zu Telaim, 200000 Mann zu Fuß und 10000 Männer von Juda.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Præcepit itaque Saul populo, et recensuit eos quasi agnos: ducenta millia peditum, et decem millia virorum Juda.