23 David didn’t count the men aged twenty or under, for the Lord had said he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.(A) 24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count them, but he didn’t complete it. There was wrath against Israel because of this census,(B) and the number was not entered in the Historical Record[a] of King David.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:24 LXX; MT reads the number of the Historical Record

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