David’s Census of Israel and Judah
1 Again athe anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, b“Go, number Israel and Judah.”
2 So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, afrom Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that bI may know the number of the people.”
3 And Joab said to the king, “Now may the Lord your God aadd to the people a hundred times more than there are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king desire this thing?”
4 Nevertheless the king’s word1 prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. Therefore Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.
5 And they crossed over the Jordan and camped in aAroer, on the right side of the town which is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, and toward bJazer.
6 Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; they came to aDan Jaan and around to bSidon;
7 and they came to the stronghold of aTyre and to all the cities of the bHivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to South Judah as far as Beersheba.
8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
9 Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. aAnd there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
The Judgment on David’s Sin
10 And aDavid’s heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So bDavid said to the Lord, c“I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O Lord, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have ddone very foolishly.”
11 Now when David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet aGad, David’s bseer, saying,
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