2 Samuel 24:1-3

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David Decides to Count His Army

24 The Lord was angry with Israel again. He caused David to turn against the Israelites. He told David, “Go count the people of Israel and Judah.”

² King David said to Joab, the captain of the army, “Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba,^[a] and count the people. Then I will know how many people there are.”

³ But Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God give you 100 times as many people, no matter how many there are! And may your eyes see this thing happen. But why do you want to do this?”