² So the king said to Joab^(A) and the army commanders^[a] with him, “Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba^(B) and enroll^(C) the fighting men, so that I may know how many there are.”

¹⁴ All who cross over, those twenty years old or more,^(A) are to give an offering to the Lord.

³ You and Aaron^(A) are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more^(B) and able to serve in the army.^(C)

David Counts the Fighting Men^(A)

21 Satan^(B) rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census^(C) of Israel.

¹⁴ Their enrollment^(A) by families was as follows:

¹⁹ These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities^(D) throughout Judah.^(E)