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So Davidsaid to Joab and to the princes of the people, "Go, numberIsrael from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me word that I may know their number."
3
Joabsaid, "May the LORDadd to His people a hundredtimes as many as they are! But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord'sservants? Why does my lordseekthisthing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?"
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Joabgave the number of the census of all the people to David. And allIsrael were 1,100,000***men who drew the sword; and Judah was 470,000***men who drew the sword.