- Three days is the length of time after making the treaty with the Gibeonites that the Israelites heard that they were neighbours, living near them. (Joshua 9:16)
- Three sons is the number of sons of Anak the giant in Hebron driven out by Caleb - Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai (Joshua 15:14, Judges 1:20)
- Three men from each tribe were sent to make a survey of the land and write a description of it, according to the inheritance of each (Joshua 18:4)
- Three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars, under Gideon, grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow and shouting, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!" (Judges 7:20)
- Three men it is said will meet the newly anointed Saul at the great tree of Tabor, he is told. Going up to worship God at Bethel, one would be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine. (1 Samuel 10:3)
- Three arrows are the number David says he will shoot when arranging things with Jonathan 1Sa_20:20
- Three times is the number of times David bowed down before Jonathan, with his face to the ground as they kissed each other and wept together before parting (1 Samuel 20:41)
- Three is the number of David's special warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite and Shammah, the son of Agee the Harʹarite (2 Samuel 23)
- Three months is the length of time the ark remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite (2 Samuel 6:11)
- Three options is the number given by God to David in through Gad - three years of famine or three months of fleeing from his enemies while they pursue him or three days of plague in his land (2 Samuel 24)
(Also three divisions is the number into which Saul separated his men when attacking the Ammonites and slaughtering them, 1 Samuel 11:11)
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