KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Samuel 15:4–5
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1 Samuel 15:4
4And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
4And Saul gathered the people together, and numbred them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Iudah.
1 Samuel 15:5
5And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
5And Saul came to a citie of Amalek, and ‖laid waite in the valley.
- Or, fought.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 15:4
To collect, bring together, or assemble.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Counted; enumerated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The number equal to one and one.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number equal to ten times ten.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Soldiers who fight on foot; men travelling or running on foot.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 15:5
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To remain in expectation or readiness; to attend or serve; as a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Low ground between hills or mountains, often watered by a stream.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 4
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Open the full verse study24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
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Open the full verse study8And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
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Open the full verse study15And 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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