¹⁵ And the people of Benjamin mustered out of their cities on that day ^(A)26,000 men ^(B)who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who mustered 700 chosen men. ¹⁶ Among all these were 700 chosen men who were ^(C)left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. ¹⁷ And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered ^(D)400,000 men who drew the sword; all these were men of war.

⁹ And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: in Israel there were 800,000 valiant men ^(A)who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were 500,000.