1 Chronicles 27:23-24

23 David did not take the number of the men twenty years old or less, because the LORD had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. God’s wrath came on Israel on account of this numbering, and the number was not entered in the book^[a] of the annals of King David.

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1 Chronicles 27:23-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 27

In this chapter we have an account of twelve military courses, or twelve legions of soldiers, with the captains of them, that served David monthly in their turns, 1Ch 27:1-15 and of the princes of the several tribes, 1Ch 27:16-24 and of his economical rulers, 1Ch 27:25-31, and of his counsellors and general, 1Ch 27:32-34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 3

1. S 2 Samuel 24:1; 1 Chronicles 21:2-5
2. S Genesis 12:2; Genesis 15:5
3. S 2 Samuel 24:15; 1 Chronicles 21:14; 1 Chronicles 21:7

Footnotes 1

[a]. Septuagint; Hebrew "number"