2 Samuel 24:1-2

New Century Version

David Counts His Army

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

² So King David said to Joab, the commander 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 there are.”