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And Davidsaid to Joab and to the rulers of the people,Go, numberIsrael from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
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And Joabanswered, The LORD make his people an hundredtimes so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord'sservants? why then doth my lordrequire this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
Excepting the three last verses, is contained in 2Sa 24:1-25 with some few variations, which are there observed; see the notes there. 18894-950102-2025-1Ch21.2