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2 Samuel 24:9 (NET)

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9 Joab reported the number of warriors to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 9) What was the number of fighting in Israel and of Judah? There were eight hundred thousand able-bodied men...in Judah five hundred thousand

Definition(s):
Israel (Iz-rehl): who prevails with God
Israel (Is-ra-el): who prevails with God
Judah (Joo-da): the praise of the Lord; confession