² So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army,^[a] who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, ^(A)from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.”

^15 (A)So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people from ^(B)Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men.