2 Samuel 24:1
“And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.”
And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
Cross-References
“And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”
“And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”
“But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.”
“Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:”
“I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.”