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2 Samuel 24:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the sum of the people.” "

2 Samuel 24:2

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1 Again the LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”

2 The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the sum of the people.”

3 Joab said to the king, “Now may the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”

4 Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.

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1 Chronicles 21:2

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"David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know how many there are.”"

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1 Chronicles 21:5

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"Joab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword."

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"Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held the people back."

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2 Samuel 14:21

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"The king said to Joab, “Behold now, I have granted this thing. Go therefore, and bring the young man Absalom back.”"

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2 Chronicles 25:5

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"Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin. He counted them from twenty years old and upward, and found that there were three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go out to war, who could handle spear and shield."

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1 Samuel 11:8

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"He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand."

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2 Samuel 24:1

"Again the LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”"

2 Samuel 24:3

"Joab said to the king, “Now may the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”"

2 Samuel 24:4

"Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel."

2 Samuel 24:5

"They passed over the Jordan and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer;"

2 Samuel 24:6

"then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon,"

2 Samuel 24:7

"and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba."

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