Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
The Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, х wªhaa-`Ibriym (H5680). The Septuagint, reading wªhaa`ªbaadiym, renders it: kai hoi douloi hoi ontes echthes kai triteen heemeran, and the slaves who had been (with them) yesterday and the third day.] The whole body of Hebrews who thus rallied round the king to aid him in pursuing the Philistine fugitives is stated in the Septuagint to have comprised [hoos deka chiliades androon] about 10,000 men. Josephus gives the same humor ('Antiquities,' b. 6:, ch. 6:, sec. 3).