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于是大卫对约押和民众的领袖说:“你们去数点以色列人,从别是巴直到但,然后回来见我,让我知道他们的数目。” 约押说:“愿耶和华使他的子民比现在增加百倍。我主我王啊,他们不都是我主的仆人吗?我主为甚么要作这事呢?为甚么使以色列人陷在罪里呢?” 但王坚持他的命令,约押不敢违抗;约押就出去,走遍以色列各地,然后回到耶路撒冷。

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So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count(A) the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.”

But Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply his troops a hundred times over.(B) My lord the king, are they not all my lord’s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

The king’s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem.

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