And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand — Saul assembles the army at Bezek, east of the Jordan. The numbers—300,000 from Israel proper, 30,000 from Judah—suggest a massive mobilization. Whether historically accurate or idealized, the numbers indicate Saul's ability to command the nation's military resources.

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