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1 Chronicles 21:2

DanDavidJoabBeershebaDan
Pride

1 Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”

3 But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

4 Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.

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BSB
So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
KJV
And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
WEB
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.”
ASV
And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.
DARBY
And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
BLB
And David said to Joab and to the heads of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beersheba and as far as Dan and bring [it] to me, that I may know their number.”
ÅB
Da sa David til Joab og folkets høvedsmenn: Gå avsted og tell Israel fra Be'erseba like til Dan og kom så til meg med melding, så jeg kan få vite tallet på dem.
OTB
Så sa David til Joab og til lederne for folket:
"Gå, tell Israel fra Beersheba til Dan,
og bring meg en rapport, så jeg kan vite deres antall."
B1930
Da sa David til Joab og folkets høvedsmenn: Gå avsted og tell Israel fra Be'erseba like til Dan og kom så til mig med melding, så jeg kan få vite tallet på dem.

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 27:23–24

    David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

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  • Judges 20:1

    Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

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  • 2 Chronicles 30:5

    So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it as a nation as prescribed.

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  • 1 Samuel 3:20

    So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:15

    So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.

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  • 1 Kings 4:25

    Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:2–4

    So 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.”

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  • Deuteronomy 8:13–17

    and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,

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