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24 Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel[a] because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll[b] called The Annals of King David.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 27:24 tn Heb “anger was on Israel.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 27:24 tc The Hebrew text has “in the number,” but מִסְפַּר (mispar) is probably dittographic—note that the same word appears immediately before this. The form should be emended to בְּסֵפֶר (besefer, “in the scroll”).