1 Samuel 11:8
11:8 When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000
1 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000.
2
1 Samuel 13:15
13:15 Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal 3 to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. 4 Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men.
1 tc The LXX and two Old Latin mss read 600,000 here, rather than the MT’s 300,000.
2 tc The LXX, two Old Latin mss, and a Qumran ms read 70,000 here, rather than the MT’s 30,000.
3 tc The LXX and two Old Latin mss include the following words here: “on his way. And the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the warring army. When they arrived from Gilgal….”
4 tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).