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 29:2
29:2 When the leaders of the Philistines were passing in review at the head of their units of hundreds and thousands, 3 David and his men were passing in review in the rear with Achish.
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 tnHeb “passing by with respect to hundreds and thousands.” This apparently describes a mustering of troops for the purpose of inspection and readiness.