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1 Chronicles 21:2-4
Christian Standard Bible
1 Chronicles 21:2-4
Christian Standard Bible
2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count Israel from Beer-sheba to Dan and bring a report to me so I can know their number.”(A)
3 Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply the number of his people a hundred times over!(B) My lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
4 Yet the king’s order prevailed over Joab. So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel and then returned to Jerusalem.
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