2 Samuel

2 Samuel 24:1–9

1Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

2So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him,a “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”

3But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

4Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.

5They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer. 6Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi,b and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon. 7They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah,c to Beersheba.

8At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem. 9And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.

Footnotes

  • a 24:2 LXX to Joab and the army commanders with him
  • b 24:6 Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts to Gilead and to the land of the Hittites
  • c 24:7 Or to the south of Judah

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2 Samuel 24:1 1 Chronicles 21:1 · 1 Chronicles 27:23–24 · James 1:13–14 · Genesis 50:20 · 1 Kings 22:20–23

2 Samuel 24:2 2 Samuel 3:10 · Judges 20:1 · Jeremiah 17:5 · 2 Samuel 20:23

2 Samuel 24:3 Deuteronomy 1:11 · Psalm 115:14

2 Samuel 24:4 Acts 5:29 · Ecclesiastes 8:4

2 Samuel 24:5 Joshua 13:9 · Deuteronomy 2:36 · Joshua 13:16 · Numbers 21:32 · Numbers 32:1 · Numbers 32:3 · Numbers 32:35

2 Samuel 24:6 Joshua 19:28

2 Samuel 24:7 Joshua 19:29 · Joshua 11:3

2 Samuel 24:9 1 Chronicles 27:23–24 · 1 Chronicles 21:5–6 · Numbers 1:44–46

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.