²⁰ And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba^(A) recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.^(B)

¹⁰ and transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David’s throne over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba.”^(A)

¹¹ “So I advise you: Let all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba^(A)—as numerous as the sand^(B) on the seashore—be gathered to you, with you yourself leading them into battle.

² So the king said to Joab^(A) and the army commanders^[a] with him, “Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba^(B) and enroll^(C) the fighting men, so that I may know how many there are.”

¹⁵ So the Lord sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the end of the time designated, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.^(A)