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1 Chronicles 27:23

David

21 over the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead was Iddo son of Zechariah; over Benjamin was Jaasiel son of Abner;

22 and over Dan was Azarel son of Jeroham. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

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.

24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.

25 Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.

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BSB
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.
KJV
But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
WEB
But David didn’t take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
ASV
But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.
DARBY
And David took not their number from twenty years old and under; for Jehovah had said he would increase Israel as the stars of heaven.
BLB
David did not take their number from a son of twenty years and under, because YHWH had said He would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.
ÅB
Men David tok ikke tall på dem som var under tyve år; for Herren hadde sagt at han ville gjøre Israel tallrikt som himmelens stjerner.
OTB
Men David talte ikke de som var tjue år og yngre,
fordi Herren hadde lovet å mangfoldiggjøre Israel som himmelens stjerner.
B1930
Men David tok ikke tall på dem som var under tyve år; for Herren hadde sagt at han vilde gjøre Israel tallrikt som himmelens stjerner.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 15:5

    And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

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  • Numbers 1:18

    and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:2–5

    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.”

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  • Hebrews 11:12

    And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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