His army, and those who were counted of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
Parallel translations
- KJV And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
- BSB and his division numbers 35,400.
- NKJV And his army was numbered at thirty-five thousand four hundred.
- NASB and his army, their numbered men, 35,400.
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