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Hoshea son of Azaziah was over the tribe of Ephraim. Joel son of Pedaiah was over West Manasseh.
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Iddo son of Zechariah was over East Manasseh. Jaasiel son of Abner was over the tribe of Benjamin.
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Azarel son of Jeroham was over the tribe of Dan. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.
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The Lord had promised to make the Israelites as many as the stars in the sky. So David only counted the men who were twenty years old and older.
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Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the people, but he did not finish. God became angry with Israel for counting the people, so the number of the people was not put in the history book about King David's rule.