1 Chronicles 21:1-8

1Then SatanH78541 rose upH5975 againstH5921 IsraelH3478 and incitedH5496 DavidH1732 to take a censusH4487 of IsraelH3478. 2So DavidH1732 saidH559 toH413 JoabH3097 andH413 the commandersH8269 of the troopsH5971, “GoH1980 and countH5608 the IsraelitesH3478 fromH884 BeershebaH884 toH5704 DanH1835 and bring meH935H413 a report, so that I may knowH3045 their numberH4557.”

3But JoabH3097 repliedH559, “May the LORDH3068H5921 multiplyH3254 His troopsH5971 a hundredH3967 timesH6471 over. My lordH113 the kingH4428, are they notH3808 allH3605 servantsH5650 of my lordH113? WhyH4100 does my lordH113 wantH1245 to do thisH2063? WhyH4100 should he bringH1961 guiltH819 on IsraelH3478?”

4Nevertheless, the king’sH4428 wordH1697 prevailedH2388 againstH5921 JoabH3097. So JoabH3097 departedH3318 and traveledH1980 throughoutH3605 IsraelH3478, and then he returnedH935 to JerusalemH3389. 5And JoabH3097 reportedH5414 toH413 DavidH1732 the totalH4557 numberH4662 of the troopsH5971. In allH3605 IsraelH3478 there wereH1961 1,100,000H505H3967 menH376 who drewH8025 the swordH2719, including 470,000H702H3967H7657H505H376H8025H2719 in JudahH3063. 6But Joab did notH3808 includeH6485 LeviH3878 and BenjaminH1144 in the countH8432, becauseH3588 the king’sH4428 commandH1697 was detestableH8581 toH854 himH3097.

7ThisH2088 commandH1697 was also evilH7489H5921 in the sightH5869 of GodH430; so He struckH5221 IsraelH3478.

8Then DavidH1732 saidH559 toH413 GodH430, “I have sinnedH2398 greatlyH3966 becauseH834 I have doneH6213 thisH2088 thingH1697. NowH6258 I beg YouH4994 to take awayH5674 the iniquityH5771 of Your servantH5650, forH3588 I have acted veryH3966 foolishlyH5528.”