2
So David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, "aGo, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me word that I may know their number."
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1 Chronicles 27:23, 1 Chronicles 27:24
1 Chronicles 27
23
But David did not count those twenty years of age and under, abecause the Lord had said He would multiply Israel bas the stars of heaven.
1 Chronicles 27
24
Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count them, but did not finish; and because of athis, wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not included in the account of the chronicles of King David.