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.
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