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Joab reported these astonishing numbers to the king: Israel had 800,000 soldiers and Judah had 500,000.

10 After he heard this, David was overwhelmed with guilt for counting his subjects. He prayed to the Eternal One.

David: I have committed a great wrong against You. But please, O Eternal One, take away the guilt I feel, for I have done a stupid thing.

11 When David rose the next morning, he was met by the prophet Gad, David’s seer, who had received a message from the Eternal.

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