He also selected one thousand strong men from the surrendered Rong and placed them under Hu'erban's command, in order to make good the losses that he had suffered.
All these were descendants of Obed-Edom; they and their sons and their relatives were capable men with the strength to do the work—descendants of Obed-Edom, 62 in all.
From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives—seventeen hundred able men—were responsible in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the Lord and for the king's service.
The following morning about five o'clock Yang Zhi had the eleven loads of presents placed in front of the hall, and gave them to the eleven robust soldiers who were dressed like coolies.
23 Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, listen to me; you wives of Lamech, hear me out: I killed a man for wounding me, a young man who attacked me.
Despite being outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy, a battalion of around 400 soldiers, dubbed " The Eight Hundred Heroes, " held out against numerous waves of Japanese forces for four days and four nights.
" The Fury burned and sank with all hands, " his lordship said. " Your son and my nephew were lost, with countless other good men. The war itself was lost that day, ser" .
But Song Jiang said that as they had now more than five hundred strong men their movements would be duly reported to Liangshan Marsh by spies or scouts, and there they might suspect some hostile intention.