2 Samuel 24:1-9

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1Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
2So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
3But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
4Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel.
5They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
6Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
7They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
8At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.
9And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800, 000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500, 000.
— 2 Samuel 24:1-9

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