New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Samuel 24:1-9

1 1Now 2the angerH639 of the LordH3068 burnedH2734 against IsraelH3478 againH3254, and He incitedH5496 DavidH1732 against them to sayH559, “3GoH1980, countH4487 IsraelH3478 and JudahH3063.” 2So the kingH4428 saidH559 to JoabH3097 the commanderH8269 of the armyH2428, whoH834 was with him, “RoamH7751 aboutH7751 nowH4994 through allH3605 the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, 4from DanH1835 to BeershebaH884, and conductH6485 aH6485 censusH6485 of the peopleH5971, so that I may knowH3045 the numberH4557 of the peopleH5971.” 3But JoabH3097 saidH559 to the kingH4428, “5May the LordH3068 your GodH430 addH3254 to the peopleH5971 a hundredH3967 timesH6471 as many as they are, while the eyesH5869 of my lordH113 the kingH4428 can still seeH7200; but whyH4100 does my lordH113 the kingH4428 delightH2654 in thisH2088 thingH1697?” 4Nevertheless, the king’sH4428 orderH1697 prevailedH2388 againstH413 JoabH3097 and againstH5921 the commandersH8269 of the armyH2428. So JoabH3097 and the commandersH8269 of the armyH2428 leftH3318 the presenceH6440 of the kingH4428 to conductH6485 aH6485 censusH6485 of the peopleH5971 of IsraelH3478. 5They crossedH5674 the JordanH3383 and campedH2583 in 6AroerH6177, on the rightH3225 sideH3225 of the cityH5892 that is in the middleH8432 of the ValleyH5158 of GadH1410 and towardH413 7JazerH3270. 6Then they cameH935 to GileadH1568 and to 8the landH776 of Tahtim-hodshiH8483, and they cameH935 to Dan-jaanH1842 and aroundH5439 to 9SidonH6721, 7then they cameH935 to the 10fortressH4013 of TyreH6865 and to allH3605 the citiesH5892 of the 11HivitesH2340 and of the CanaanitesH3669, and they wentH3318 outH3318 to the southH5045 of JudahH3063, to 12BeershebaH884. 8So when they had roamedH7751 aboutH7751 through the wholeH3605 landH776, they cameH935 to JerusalemH3389 at the endH7097 of nineH8672 monthsH2320 and twentyH6242 daysH3117. 9And JoabH3097 gaveH5414 13the numberH4557 of the censusH4662 of the peopleH5971 to the kingH4428: in IsraelH3478 there were 14eightH8083 hundredH3967 thousandH505 valiantH2428 menH376 who drewH8025 the swordH2719, and the menH376 of JudahH3063 were fiveH2568 hundredH3967 thousandH505 menH376.

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1. 2 Samuel 24:1 1 Chr 21:1 ↩
2. 2 Samuel 24:1 2 Sam 21:1, 2 ↩
3. 2 Samuel 24:1 1 Chr 27:23, 24 ↩
4. 2 Samuel 24:2 Judg 20:1; 2 Sam 3:10 ↩
5. 2 Samuel 24:3 Deut 1:11 ↩
6. 2 Samuel 24:5 Deut 2:36; Josh 13:9, 16 ↩
7. 2 Samuel 24:5 Num 21:32; 32:35 ↩
8. 2 Samuel 24:6 Another reading is Kadesh in the land of the Hittite ↩
9. 2 Samuel 24:6 Josh 19:28; Judg 1:31 ↩
10. 2 Samuel 24:7 Josh 19:29 ↩
11. 2 Samuel 24:7 Josh 11:3; Judg 3:3 ↩
12. 2 Samuel 24:7 Gen 21:22-33 ↩
13. 2 Samuel 24:9 Num 1:44-46 ↩
14. 2 Samuel 24:9 1 Chr 21:5 ↩

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