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?
Related Verses
“And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”
“And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer–sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.”
“And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.”
“And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord.”
“For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,”