¹² And I sent ^(A)the hornet before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was ^(B)not by your sword or by your bow.

³¹ And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah ^(A)shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

²² “And you gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner. ^(A)So they took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon ^(B)and the land of Og king of Bashan. ²³ You multiplied their children ^(C)as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess. ^24 (D)So the descendants went in and possessed the land, ^(E)and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would. ²⁵ And they captured ^(F)fortified cities and ^(G)a rich land, and took possession of ^(H)houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled ^(I)and became fat and delighted themselves in ^(J)your great goodness.

²³ David did not count those below twenty years of age, for the ^(A)Lord had promised to make Israel as many as the stars of heaven. ²⁴ Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count, but ^(B)did not finish. Yet ^(C)wrath came upon Israel for this, and the number was not entered in the chronicles of King David.

⁵ And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. In all Israel there were ^(A)1,100,000 men who drew the sword, and in Judah ^(B)470,000 who drew the sword.