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Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Azaziah; of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel, the son of Pedaiah;
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Of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo, the son of Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel, the son of Abner;
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Of Dan, Azarel, the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.
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But David did not take the number of those who were under twenty years old, for the Lord had said that he would make Israel like the stars of heaven in number.
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The numbering was started by Joab, the son of Zeruiah, but he did not go on to the end; and because of it, wrath came on Israel and the number was not recorded in the history of King David.
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