2 Samuel 24:1-2

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David Decides to Count His Army

24 The Lord was angry with Israel again. He caused David to turn against the Israelites. He told David, “Go count the people of Israel and Judah.”

² King David said to Joab, the captain of the army, “Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba,^[a] and count the people. Then I will know how many people there are.”