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

But Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God give you 100 times more people. And may you live to see this happen. But why do you want to do this?”

But the king very strongly commanded Joab and the commanders of the army. So they left the king to count the people of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 24:2 Dan to Beersheba Dan was the city farthest north in Israel. Beersheba was the city farthest south. So this means all the people of Israel.

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