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2Sa 24:1	Strong Concordance	And again [03254] the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was kindled [02734] against Israel [03478], and he moved [05496] David [01732] against them to say [0559], Go [03212], number [04487] Israel [03478] and Judah [03063].
	King James	And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
DAVID NUMBERS THE PEOPLE. (Sa2 24:1-9) again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah--"Again" carries us back to the former tokens of His wrath in the three years' famine [Sa2 21:1]. God, though He cannot tempt any man (Jam 1:13), is frequently described in Scripture as doing what He merely permits to be done; and so, in this case, He permitted Satan to tempt David. Satan was the active mover, while God only withdrew His supporting grace, and the great tempter prevailed against the king. (See Exo 7:13; Sa1 26:19; Sa2 16:10; Psa 105:25; Isa 7:17, &c.). The order was given to Joab, who, though not generally restrained by religious scruples, did not fail to present, in strong terms (see on Ch1 21:3), the sin and danger of this measure. He used every argument to dissuade the king from his purpose. The sacred history has not mentioned the objections which he and other distinguished officers urged against it in the council of David. But it expressly states that they were all overruled by the inflexible resolution of the king.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

DAVID NUMBERS THE PEOPLE. (Sa2 24:1-9)

again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah--"Again" carries us back to the former tokens of His wrath in the three years' famine [Sa2 21:1]. God, though He cannot tempt any man (Jam 1:13), is frequently described in Scripture as doing what He merely permits to be done; and so, in this case, He permitted Satan to tempt David. Satan was the active mover, while God only withdrew His supporting grace, and the great tempter prevailed against the king. (See Exo 7:13; Sa1 26:19; Sa2 16:10; Psa 105:25; Isa 7:17, &c.). The order was given to Joab, who, though not generally restrained by religious scruples, did not fail to present, in strong terms (see on Ch1 21:3), the sin and danger of this measure. He used every argument to dissuade the king from his purpose. The sacred history has not mentioned the objections which he and other distinguished officers urged against it in the council of David. But it expressly states that they were all overruled by the inflexible resolution of the king.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel - This sentence is the heading of the whole chapter, which goes on to describe the sin which kindled this anger, namely, the numbering of the people Ch1 21:7-8; Ch1 27:24. There is no note of time, except that the word "again" shows that these events happened "after" those of 2 Sam. 21. (Compare also Sa2 24:25; Sa2 21:14.) And he moved David - In Ch1 21:1 the statement is, "and an adversary" (not "Satan," as the King James Version, since there is no article prefixed, as in Job 1:6; Job 2:1, etc.) "stood up against Israel and moved David," just as Kg1 11:14, Kg1 11:23, Kg1 11:25 first Hadad, and then Rezon, is said to have been "an adversary" (Satan) to Solomon and to Israel. Hence, our text should be rendered, "For one moved David against them." We are not told whose advice it was, but some one, who proved himself an enemy to the best interests of David and Israel, urged the king to number the people.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
"Again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and He moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah." לחרות ... ויּסף points back to the manifestation of the wrath of God, which Israel had experienced in the three years' famine (2 Samuel 21). Just as that plague had burst upon the land on account of the guilt which rested upon the people, so the kindling of the wrath of God against Israel a second time also presupposes guilt on the part of the nation; and as this is not expressly pointed out, we may seek for it generally in the rebellions of Absalom and Sheba against the divinely established government of David. The subject to "moved" is Jehovah, and the words "against them" point back to Israel. Jehovah instigated David against Israel to the performance of an act which brought down a severe judgment upon the nation. With regard to the idea that God instigates to sin, see the remarks on Sa1 26:19. In the parallel text of the Chronicles, Satan is mentioned as the tempter to evil, through whom Jehovah had David to number the people. Sa2 24:2 David entrusted the task to his commander-in-chief Joab. אתּו אשׁר, "who was with him:" the meaning is, "when he was with him" (David). We are not warranted in attempting any emendations of the text, either by the expression אתּו אשׁר, or by the reading in the Chronicles, העם ועל־שׂרי ("and to the rulers of the people"); for whilst the latter reading may easily be seen to be a simplification founded upon Sa2 24:4, it is impossible to show how אתּו אשׁר שׂר־החיל, which is supported by all the ancient versions (with the sole exception of the Arabic), could have originated in העם ואל־שׂרי. "Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba (see at Jdg 20:1), and muster the people." פּקד, to muster or number, as in Num 1:44. The change from the singular שׁוּט to the plural פּקדוּ may be explained very simply, from the fact that, as a matter of course, Joab was not expected to take the census by himself, but with the help of several assistants. Sa2 24:3 Joab discountenanced the thing: "Jehovah thy God add to the nation, as it is, a hundredfold as many, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?" The ו before יוסף stands at the commencement, when what is said contains a sequel to something that has gone before (vid., Ges. 255, 1, a.). The thought to which Joab's words are appended as a sequel, is implied in what David said, "that I may know the number of the people;" and if expressed fully, his words would read somewhat as follows: "If thou hast delight in the greatness of the number of the people, may Jehovah," etc. Joab evidently saw through the king's intention, and perceived that the numbering of the people could not be of any essential advantage to David's government, and might produce dissatisfaction among the people, and therefore endeavoured to dissuade the king from his purpose. וכהם כּהם, "as they (the Israelites) just are," i.e., in this connection, "just as many as there are of them." From a grammatical point of view, כּהם is to be taken as the object to יוסף, as in the parallel passages, Deu 1:11; Sa2 12:8. Not only did he desire that God would multiply the nation a hundredfold, but that He would do it during the lifetime of David, so that his eyes might be delighted with the immense numbers. Sa2 24:4-5 But as the king's word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army, they (Joab and the other captains) went out to number Israel. יחנוּ, they encamped, i.e., they fixed their headquarters in the open field, because great crowds assembled together. This is only mentioned here in connection with the place where the numbering commenced; but it is to be understood as applying to the other places as well (Thenius). In order to distinguish Aroer from the place of the same name in the Arnon, in the tribe of Reuben (Jos 12:2; Num 32:34, etc.), it is defined more precisely as "the town in the brook-valley of Gad," i.e., Aroer of Gad before Rabbah (Jos 13:25; Jdg 11:33), in the Wady Nahr Ammn, to the north-east of Ammn (see at Jos 13:25). ועל־יעזר (and to Jazer): this is a second place of encampment, and the preposition אל is to be explained on the supposition that יבאוּ (they came), which follows, was already in the writer's thoughts. Jazer is probably to be found in the ruins of es Szir, at the source of the Nahr Szir (see at Num 21:32). Sa2 24:6 "And they came to Gilead," i.e., the mountainous district on the two sides of the Jabbok (see at Deu 3:10). The words which follow, viz., "into the land חדשׁי תּחתּים" are quite obscure, and were unintelligible even to the earlier translators. The Septuagint has γῆν Ἐθαὼν Ἀδασαί, or γῆν Θαβασών (also γῆν χεττιείμ) ἥ ἐστιν Ἀδασαί. Symmachus has τὴν κατωτέραν ὁδόν; Jonathan לחדשׁי דרומא לארעא ("into the southland Chodshi"); and the Vulgate in terram inferiorem. The singular form תּחתּים, and the fact that we never read of a land called Chodshi, render the conjecture a very probable one that the text is corrupt. But it is no longer possible to discover the correct reading. Ewald imagines that we should read Hermon instead of the unintelligible Chodshi; but this is not very probable. Bttcher supposes תחתים to be a mistake in writing for ים תּחת, "below the lake," namely the lake of Gennesareth, which might have been called Chodshi (the new-moon-like), since it had very much the appearance of a crescent when seen from the northern heights. This is ingenious, but incredible. The order of the places named points to the eastern side of the sea of Galilee; for they went thence to Dan-jaan, i.e., the Dan in northern Peraea, mentioned in Gen 14:14, to the south-west of Damascus, at that time probably the extreme north-eastern boundary of the kingdom of David, in the direction towards Syria (see at Gen 14:14): "and round to Sidon," the extreme north-western boundary of the kingdom. Sa2 24:7 Thence southwards to the fortress of Zor, i.e., Tyre (see at Jos 19:29), and "into all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites," i.e., the towns in the tribes of Naphtali, Zebulun, and Issachar, or the (subsequent) province of Galilee, in which the Canaanites had not been exterminated by the Israelites, but had only been made tributary. Sa2 24:8-9 When they had traversed the whole land, they came back to Jerusalem, at the end of nine months and twenty days, and handed over to the king the number of the people mustered: viz., 800,000 men of Israel fit for military service, drawing the sword, and 500,000 men of Judah. According to the Chronicles (Ch1 21:5), there were 1,100,000 Israelites and 470,000 Judaeans. The numbers are not given by thousands, and therefore are only approximative statements in round numbers; and the difference in the two texts arose chiefly from the fact, that the statements were merely founded upon oral tradition, since, according to Ch1 27:4, the result of the census was not inserted in the annals of the kingdom. There is no ground, however, for regarding the numbers as exaggerated, if we only bear in mind that the entire population of a land amounts to about four times the number of those who are fit for military service, and therefore 1,300,000, or even a million and a half, would only represent a total population of five or six millions, - a number which could undoubtedly have been sustained in Palestine, according to thoroughly reliable testimony as to its unusual fertility (see the discussion of this subject at Num 1-4, Pentateuch, pp. 651-57). Still less can we adduce as a proof of exaggeration the fact, that according to Ch1 27:1-15, David had only an army of 288,000; for it is a well-known fact, that in all lands the army, or number of men in actual service, is, as a rule, much smaller than the total number of those who are capable of bearing arms. According to Ch1 21:6, the tribes of Levi and Benjamin were not numbered, because, as the chronicler adds, giving his own subjective view, "the word of the king was an abomination to Joab," or, as it is affirmed in Ch1 27:4, according to the objective facts, "because the numbering was not completed." It is evident from this, that in consequence of Joab's repugnance to the numbering of the people, he had not hurried with the fulfilment of the kings' command; so that when David saw his own error, he revoked the command before the census was complete, and so the tribe of Benjamin was not numbered at all, the tribe of Levi being of course eo ipso exempt from a census that was taken for the sake of ascertaining the number of men who were capable of bearing arms.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

"Again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and He moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah." לחרות ... ויּסף points back to the manifestation of the wrath of God, which Israel had experienced in the three years' famine (2 Samuel 21). Just as that plague had burst upon the land on account of the guilt which rested upon the people, so the kindling of the wrath of God against Israel a second time also presupposes guilt on the part of the nation; and as this is not expressly pointed out, we may seek for it generally in the rebellions of Absalom and Sheba against the divinely established government of David. The subject to "moved" is Jehovah, and the words "against them" point back to Israel. Jehovah instigated David against Israel to the performance of an act which brought down a severe judgment upon the nation. With regard to the idea that God instigates to sin, see the remarks on Sa1 26:19. In the parallel text of the Chronicles, Satan is mentioned as the tempter to evil, through whom Jehovah had David to number the people.

Sa2 24:2

David entrusted the task to his commander-in-chief Joab. אתּו אשׁר, "who was with him:" the meaning is, "when he was with him" (David). We are not warranted in attempting any emendations of the text, either by the expression אתּו אשׁר, or by the reading in the Chronicles, העם ועל־שׂרי ("and to the rulers of the people"); for whilst the latter reading may easily be seen to be a simplification founded upon Sa2 24:4, it is impossible to show how אתּו אשׁר שׂר־החיל, which is supported by all the ancient versions (with the sole exception of the Arabic), could have originated in העם ואל־שׂרי. "Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba (see at Jdg 20:1), and muster the people." פּקד, to muster or number, as in Num 1:44. The change from the singular שׁוּט to the plural פּקדוּ may be explained very simply, from the fact that, as a matter of course, Joab was not expected to take the census by himself, but with the help of several assistants.

Sa2 24:3

Joab discountenanced the thing: "Jehovah thy God add to the nation, as it is, a hundredfold as many, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?" The ו before יוסף stands at the commencement, when what is said contains a sequel to something that has gone before (vid., Ges. 255, 1, a.). The thought to which Joab's words are appended as a sequel, is implied in what David said, "that I may know the number of the people;" and if expressed fully, his words would read somewhat as follows: "If thou hast delight in the greatness of the number of the people, may Jehovah," etc. Joab evidently saw through the king's intention, and perceived that the numbering of the people could not be of any essential advantage to David's government, and might produce dissatisfaction among the people, and therefore endeavoured to dissuade the king from his purpose. וכהם כּהם, "as they (the Israelites) just are," i.e., in this connection, "just as many as there are of them." From a grammatical point of view, כּהם is to be taken as the object to יוסף, as in the parallel passages, Deu 1:11; Sa2 12:8. Not only did he desire that God would multiply the nation a hundredfold, but that He would do it during the lifetime of David, so that his eyes might be delighted with the immense numbers.

Sa2 24:4-5

But as the king's word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army, they (Joab and the other captains) went out to number Israel. יחנוּ, they encamped, i.e., they fixed their headquarters in the open field, because great crowds assembled together. This is only mentioned here in connection with the place where the numbering commenced; but it is to be understood as applying to the other places as well (Thenius). In order to distinguish Aroer from the place of the same name in the Arnon, in the tribe of Reuben (Jos 12:2; Num 32:34, etc.), it is defined more precisely as "the town in the brook-valley of Gad," i.e., Aroer of Gad before Rabbah (Jos 13:25; Jdg 11:33), in the Wady Nahr Ammn, to the north-east of Ammn (see at Jos 13:25). ועל־יעזר (and to Jazer): this is a second place of encampment, and the preposition אל is to be explained on the supposition that יבאוּ (they came), which follows, was already in the writer's thoughts. Jazer is probably to be found in the ruins of es Szir, at the source of the Nahr Szir (see at Num 21:32).

Sa2 24:6

"And they came to Gilead," i.e., the mountainous district on the two sides of the Jabbok (see at Deu 3:10). The words which follow, viz., "into the land חדשׁי תּחתּים" are quite obscure, and were unintelligible even to the earlier translators. The Septuagint has γῆν Ἐθαὼν Ἀδασαί, or γῆν Θαβασών (also γῆν χεττιείμ) ἥ ἐστιν Ἀδασαί. Symmachus has τὴν κατωτέραν ὁδόν; Jonathan לחדשׁי דרומא לארעא ("into the southland Chodshi"); and the Vulgate in terram inferiorem. The singular form תּחתּים, and the fact that we never read of a land called Chodshi, render the conjecture a very probable one that the text is corrupt. But it is no longer possible to discover the correct reading. Ewald imagines that we should read Hermon instead of the unintelligible Chodshi; but this is not very probable. Bttcher supposes תחתים to be a mistake in writing for ים תּחת, "below the lake," namely the lake of Gennesareth, which might have been called Chodshi (the new-moon-like), since it had very much the appearance of a crescent when seen from the northern heights. This is ingenious, but incredible. The order of the places named points to the eastern side of the sea of Galilee; for they went thence to Dan-jaan, i.e., the Dan in northern Peraea, mentioned in Gen 14:14, to the south-west of Damascus, at that time probably the extreme north-eastern boundary of the kingdom of David, in the direction towards Syria (see at Gen 14:14): "and round to Sidon," the extreme north-western boundary of the kingdom.

Sa2 24:7

Thence southwards to the fortress of Zor, i.e., Tyre (see at Jos 19:29), and "into all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites," i.e., the towns in the tribes of Naphtali, Zebulun, and Issachar, or the (subsequent) province of Galilee, in which the Canaanites had not been exterminated by the Israelites, but had only been made tributary.

Sa2 24:8-9

When they had traversed the whole land, they came back to Jerusalem, at the end of nine months and twenty days, and handed over to the king the number of the people mustered: viz., 800,000 men of Israel fit for military service, drawing the sword, and 500,000 men of Judah. According to the Chronicles (Ch1 21:5), there were 1,100,000 Israelites and 470,000 Judaeans. The numbers are not given by thousands, and therefore are only approximative statements in round numbers; and the difference in the two texts arose chiefly from the fact, that the statements were merely founded upon oral tradition, since, according to Ch1 27:4, the result of the census was not inserted in the annals of the kingdom. There is no ground, however, for regarding the numbers as exaggerated, if we only bear in mind that the entire population of a land amounts to about four times the number of those who are fit for military service, and therefore 1,300,000, or even a million and a half, would only represent a total population of five or six millions, - a number which could undoubtedly have been sustained in Palestine, according to thoroughly reliable testimony as to its unusual fertility (see the discussion of this subject at Num 1-4, Pentateuch, pp. 651-57). Still less can we adduce as a proof of exaggeration the fact, that according to Ch1 27:1-15, David had only an army of 288,000; for it is a well-known fact, that in all lands the army, or number of men in actual service, is, as a rule, much smaller than the total number of those who are capable of bearing arms. According to Ch1 21:6, the tribes of Levi and Benjamin were not numbered, because, as the chronicler adds, giving his own subjective view, "the word of the king was an abomination to Joab," or, as it is affirmed in Ch1 27:4, according to the objective facts, "because the numbering was not completed." It is evident from this, that in consequence of Joab's repugnance to the numbering of the people, he had not hurried with the fulfilment of the kings' command; so that when David saw his own error, he revoked the command before the census was complete, and so the tribe of Benjamin was not numbered at all, the tribe of Levi being of course eo ipso exempt from a census that was taken for the sake of ascertaining the number of men who were capable of bearing arms.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
He moved David against them - God could not be angry with David for numbering the people if he moved him to do it; but in the parallel place (Ch1 21:1) it is expressly said, Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. David, in all probability, slackening in his piety and confidence toward God, and meditating some extension of his dominions without the Divine counsel or command, was naturally curious to know whether the number of fighting men in his empire was sufficient for the work which he had projected. See more on Sa2 24:10 (note). He therefore orders Joab and the captains to take an exact account of all the effective men in Israel and Judah. God is justly displeased with this conduct, and determines that the props of his vain ambition shall be taken away, either by famine, war, or pestilence.

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³ And Joab [03097] answered [0559], The LORD [03068] make his people [05971] an hundred [03967] times [06471] so many more [03254] as they [01992] be: but, my lord [0113] the king [04428], are they not all my lord's [0113] servants [05650]? why then doth my lord [0113] require [01245] this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass [0819] to Israel [03478]?

¹⁷ The LORD [03068] shall bring [0935] upon thee, and upon thy people [05971], and upon thy father's [01] house [01004], days [03117] that have not come [0935], from the day [03117] that Ephraim [0669] departed [05493] from Judah [03063]; even the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].

²⁵ He turned [02015] their heart [03820] to hate [08130] his people [05971], to deal subtilly [05230] with his servants [05650].

¹⁰ And the king [04428] said [0559], What have I to do with you, ye sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870]? so let him curse [07043], because the LORD [03068] hath said [0559] unto him, Curse [07043] David [01732]. Who shall then say [0559], Wherefore hast thou done so [06213]?

¹⁹ Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord [0113] the king [04428] hear [08085] the words [01697] of his servant [05650]. If the LORD [03068] have stirred thee up [05496] against me, let him accept [07306] an offering [04503]: but if they be the children [01121] of men [0120], cursed [0779] be they before [06440] the LORD [03068]; for they have driven [01644] me out this day [03117] from abiding [05596] in the inheritance [05159] of the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Go [03212], serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430].

¹³ And he hardened [02388] Pharaoh's [06547] heart [03820], that he hearkened [08085] not unto them; as the LORD [03068] had said [01696].

¹³ Let [3004] no man [3367] say [3004] when he is tempted [3985], [3754] I am tempted [3985] of [575] God [2316]: for [1063] God [2316] cannot be tempted [551] [2076] with evil [2556], neither [1161] tempteth [3985] he [846] [3985] any man [3762]:

¹ Then there was a famine [07458] in the days [03117] of David [01732] three [07969] years [08141], year [08141] after [0310] year [08141]; and David [01732] enquired [01245] of [06440] the LORD [03068]. And the LORD [03068] answered [0559], It is for Saul [07586], and for his bloody [01818] house [01004], because he slew [04191] the Gibeonites [01393].

¹ And again [03254] the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was kindled [02734] against Israel [03478], and he moved [05496] David [01732] against them to say [0559], Go [03212], number [04487] Israel [03478] and Judah [03063].
² For the king [04428] said [0559] to Joab [03097] the captain [08269] of the host [02428], which was with him, Go now through [07751] all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], from Dan [01835] even to Beersheba [0884], and number [06485] ye the people [05971], that I may know [03045] the number [04557] of the people [05971].
³ And Joab [03097] said [0559] unto the king [04428], Now the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] add [03254] unto the people [05971], how many soever [01992] they be, an hundredfold [03967] [06471], and that the eyes [05869] of my lord [0113] the king [04428] may see [07200] it: but why doth my lord [0113] the king [04428] delight [02654] in this thing [01697]?
⁴ Notwithstanding the king's [04428] word [01697] prevailed [02388] against Joab [03097], and against the captains [08269] of the host [02428]. And Joab [03097] and the captains [08269] of the host [02428] went out [03318] from the presence [06440] of the king [04428], to number [06485] the people [05971] of Israel [03478].
⁵ And they passed over [05674] Jordan [03383], and pitched [02583] in Aroer [06177], on the right side [03225] of the city [05892] that lieth in the midst [08432] of the river [05158] of Gad [01410], and toward Jazer [03270]:
⁶ Then they came [0935] to Gilead [01568], and to the land [0776] of Tahtimhodshi [08483]; and they came [0935] to Danjaan [01842], and about [05439] to Zidon [06721],
⁷ And came [0935] to the strong hold [04013] of Tyre [06865], and to all the cities [05892] of the Hivites [02340], and of the Canaanites [03669]: and they went out [03318] to the south [05045] of Judah [03063], even to Beersheba [0884].
⁸ So when they had gone [07751] through all the land [0776], they came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389] at the end [07097] of nine [08672] months [02320] and twenty [06242] days [03117].
⁹ And Joab [03097] gave up [05414] the sum [04557] of the number [04662] of the people [05971] unto the king [04428]: and there were in Israel [03478] eight [08083] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] valiant [02428] men [0376] [0381] that drew [08025] the sword [02719]; and the men [0376] of Judah [03063] were five [02568] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] men [0376].

²⁵ And he was an adversary [07854] to Israel [03478] all the days [03117] of Solomon [08010], beside the mischief [07451] that Hadad [01908] did: and he abhorred [06973] Israel [03478], and reigned [04427] over Syria [0758].

²³ And God [0430] stirred him up [06965] another adversary [07854], Rezon [07331] the son [01121] of Eliadah [0450], which fled [01272] from his lord [0113] Hadadezer [01909] king [04428] of Zobah [06678]:

¹⁴ And the LORD [03068] stirred up [06965] an adversary [07854] unto Solomon [08010], Hadad [01908] the Edomite [0130]: he was of the king's [04428] seed [02233] in Edom [0123].

¹ Again there was a day [03117] when the sons [01121] of God [0430] came [0935] to present [03320] themselves before the LORD [03068], and Satan [07854] came [0935] also among [08432] them to present [03320] himself before the LORD [03068].

⁶ Now there was a day [03117] when the sons [01121] of God [0430] came [0935] to present [03320] themselves before the LORD [03068], and Satan [07854] came [0935] also among [08432] them.

¹ And Satan [07854] stood up [05975] against Israel [03478], and provoked [05496] David [01732] to number [04487] Israel [03478].

¹⁴ And the bones [06106] of Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03083] his son [01121] buried [06912] they in the country [0776] of Benjamin [01144] in Zelah [06762], in the sepulchre [06913] of Kish [07027] his father [01]: and they performed [06213] all that the king [04428] commanded [06680]. And after [0310] that God [0430] was intreated [06279] for the land [0776].

²⁵ And David [01732] built [01129] there an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068], and offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and peace offerings [08002]. So the LORD [03068] was intreated [06279] for the land [0776], and the plague [04046] was stayed [06113] from Israel [03478].

²⁴ Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] began [02490] to number [04487], but he finished [03615] not, because there fell wrath [07110] for it [02063] against Israel [03478]; neither was the number [04557] put [05927] in the account [04557] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of king [04428] David [01732].

⁷ And God [0430] was displeased [03415] [05869] with this thing [01697]; therefore he smote [05221] Israel [03478].
⁸ And David [01732] said [0559] unto God [0430], I have sinned [02398] greatly [03966], because I have done [06213] this thing [01697]: but now, I beseech thee, do away [05674] the iniquity [05771] of thy servant [05650]; for I have done very [03966] foolishly [05528].

⁴ And over the course [04256] of the second [08145] month [02320] was Dodai [01737] an Ahohite [0266], and of his course [04256] was Mikloth [04732] also the ruler [05057]: in his course [04256] likewise were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].

⁶ But Levi [03878] and Benjamin [01144] counted [06485] he not among [08432] them: for the king's [04428] word [01697] was abominable [08581] to Joab [03097].

¹ Now the children [01121] of Israel [03478] after their number [04557], to wit, the chief [07218] fathers [01] and captains [08269] of thousands [0505] and hundreds [03967], and their officers [07860] that served [08334] the king [04428] in any matter [01697] of the courses [04256], which came in [0935] and went out [03318] month [02320] by month [02320] throughout all the months [02320] of the year [08141], of every [0259] course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
² Over the first [07223] course [04256] for the first [07223] month [02320] was Jashobeam [03434] the son [01121] of Zabdiel [02068]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
³ Of the children [01121] of Perez [06557] was the chief [07218] of all the captains [08269] of the host [06635] for the first [07223] month [02320].
⁴ And over the course [04256] of the second [08145] month [02320] was Dodai [01737] an Ahohite [0266], and of his course [04256] was Mikloth [04732] also the ruler [05057]: in his course [04256] likewise were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
⁵ The third [07992] captain [08269] of the host [06635] for the third [07992] month [02320] was Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077], a chief [07218] priest [03548]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
⁶ This is that Benaiah [01141], who was mighty [01368] among the thirty [07970], and above the thirty [07970]: and in his course [04256] was Ammizabad [05990] his son [01121].
⁷ The fourth [07243] captain for the fourth [07243] month [02320] was Asahel [06214] the brother [0251] of Joab [03097], and Zebadiah [02069] his son [01121] after [0310] him: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
⁸ The fifth [02549] captain [08269] for the fifth [02549] month [02320] was Shamhuth [08049] the Izrahite [03155]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
⁹ The sixth [08345] captain for the sixth [08345] month [02320] was Ira [05896] the son [01121] of Ikkesh [06142] the Tekoite [08621]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
¹⁰ The seventh [07637] captain for the seventh [07637] month [02320] was Helez [02503] the Pelonite [06397], of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
¹¹ The eighth [08066] captain for the eighth [08066] month [02320] was Sibbecai [05444] the Hushathite [02843], of the Zarhites [02227]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
¹² The ninth [08671] captain for the ninth [08671] month [02320] was Abiezer [044] the Anetothite [06069], of the Benjamites [01145]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
¹³ The tenth [06224] captain for the tenth [06224] month [02320] was Maharai [04121] the Netophathite [05200], of the Zarhites [02227]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
¹⁴ The eleventh [06249] [06240] captain for the eleventh [06249] [06240] month [02320] was Benaiah [01141] the Pirathonite [06553], of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
¹⁵ The twelfth [08147] [06240] captain for the twelfth [08147] [06240] month [02320] was Heldai [02469] the Netophathite [05200], of Othniel [06274]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].

⁵ And Joab [03097] gave [05414] the sum [04557] of the number [04662] of the people [05971] unto David [01732]. And all they of Israel [03478] were a thousand [0505] thousand [0505] and an hundred [03967] thousand [0505] men [0376] that drew [08025] sword [02719]: and Judah [03063] was four [0702] hundred [03967] threescore and ten [07657] thousand [0505] men [0376] that drew [08025] sword [02719].

⁸ So when they had gone [07751] through all the land [0776], they came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389] at the end [07097] of nine [08672] months [02320] and twenty [06242] days [03117].
⁹ And Joab [03097] gave up [05414] the sum [04557] of the number [04662] of the people [05971] unto the king [04428]: and there were in Israel [03478] eight [08083] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] valiant [02428] men [0376] [0381] that drew [08025] the sword [02719]; and the men [0376] of Judah [03063] were five [02568] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] men [0376].

²⁹ And then the coast [01366] turneth [07725] to Ramah [07414], and to the strong [04013] city [05892] Tyre [06865]; and the coast [01366] turneth [07725] to Hosah [02621]; and the outgoings [08444] thereof are at the sea [03220] from the coast [02256] to Achzib [0392]:

⁷ And came [0935] to the strong hold [04013] of Tyre [06865], and to all the cities [05892] of the Hivites [02340], and of the Canaanites [03669]: and they went out [03318] to the south [05045] of Judah [03063], even to Beersheba [0884].

¹⁴ And when Abram [087] heard [08085] that his brother [0251] was taken captive [07617], he armed [07324] his trained [02593] servants, born [03211] in his own house [01004], three [07969] hundred [03967] and eighteen [06240] [08083], and pursued [07291] them unto Dan [01835].

¹⁰ All the cities [05892] of the plain [04334], and all Gilead [01568], and all Bashan [01316], unto Salchah [05548] and Edrei [0154], cities [05892] of the kingdom [04467] of Og [05747] in Bashan [01316].

⁶ Then they came [0935] to Gilead [01568], and to the land [0776] of Tahtimhodshi [08483]; and they came [0935] to Danjaan [01842], and about [05439] to Zidon [06721],

³² And Moses [04872] sent [07971] to spy out [07270] Jaazer [03270], and they took [03920] the villages [01323] thereof, and drove out [03423] [03423] the Amorites [0567] that were there.

²⁵ And their coast [01366] was Jazer [03270], and all the cities [05892] of Gilead [01568], and half [02677] the land [0776] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], unto Aroer [06177] that is before [06440] Rabbah [07237];

³³ And he smote [05221] them from Aroer [06177], even till thou come [0935] to Minnith [04511], even twenty [06242] cities [05892], and unto the plain [058] of the vineyards [03754] [064], with a very [03966] great [01419] slaughter [04347]. Thus the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] were subdued [03665] before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478].

³⁴ And the children [01121] of Gad [01410] built [01129] Dibon [01769], and Ataroth [05852], and Aroer [06177],

² Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], who dwelt [03427] in Heshbon [02809], and ruled [04910] from Aroer [06177], which is upon the bank [08193] of the river [05158] Arnon [0769], and from the middle [08432] of the river [05158], and from half [02677] Gilead [01568], even unto the river [05158] Jabbok [02999], which is the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983];

⁴ Notwithstanding the king's [04428] word [01697] prevailed [02388] against Joab [03097], and against the captains [08269] of the host [02428]. And Joab [03097] and the captains [08269] of the host [02428] went out [03318] from the presence [06440] of the king [04428], to number [06485] the people [05971] of Israel [03478].
⁵ And they passed over [05674] Jordan [03383], and pitched [02583] in Aroer [06177], on the right side [03225] of the city [05892] that lieth in the midst [08432] of the river [05158] of Gad [01410], and toward Jazer [03270]:

⁸ And I gave [05414] thee thy master's [0113] house [01004], and thy master's [0113] wives [0802] into thy bosom [02436], and gave [05414] thee the house [01004] of Israel [03478] and of Judah [03063]; and if that had been too little [04592], I would moreover have given [03254] unto thee such [02007] and such things [02007].

¹¹ (The LORD [03068] God [0430] of your fathers [01] make you a thousand [0505] times [06471] so many more as [03254] ye are, and bless [01288] you, as he hath promised [01696] you!)

³ And Joab [03097] said [0559] unto the king [04428], Now the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] add [03254] unto the people [05971], how many soever [01992] they be, an hundredfold [03967] [06471], and that the eyes [05869] of my lord [0113] the king [04428] may see [07200] it: but why doth my lord [0113] the king [04428] delight [02654] in this thing [01697]?

⁴⁴ These are those that were numbered [06485], which Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] numbered [06485], and the princes [05387] of Israel [03478], being twelve [06240] [08147] men [0376]: each [0376] one [0259] was for the house [01004] of his fathers [01].

¹ Then all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went out [03318], and the congregation [05712] was gathered together [06950] as one [0259] man [0376], from Dan [01835] even to Beersheba [0884], with the land [0776] of Gilead [01568], unto the LORD [03068] in Mizpeh [04709].

² For the king [04428] said [0559] to Joab [03097] the captain [08269] of the host [02428], which was with him, Go now through [07751] all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], from Dan [01835] even to Beersheba [0884], and number [06485] ye the people [05971], that I may know [03045] the number [04557] of the people [05971].

¹⁰ And David's [01732] heart [03820] smote [05221] him after [0310] that he had numbered [05608] the people [05971]. And David [01732] said [0559] unto the LORD [03068], I have sinned [02398] greatly [03966] in that I have done [06213]: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD [03068], take away [05674] the iniquity [05771] of thy servant [05650]; for I have done very [03966] foolishly [05528].

¹ And Satan [07854] stood up [05975] against Israel [03478], and provoked [05496] David [01732] to number [04487] Israel [03478].