21 1 David causeth the people to be numbered, 14 and there dieth seventy thousand men of the pestilence.

And [a]Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

Therefore David said to Joab, and to the rulers of the people, Go, and number Israel from [b]Beersheba even to Dan, and bring it to me, that I may know the number of them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:1 He tempted David, in setting before his eyes his excellency and glory, his power and victories, read 2 Sam. 24:1.
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:2 That is, from South to North.

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