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1 Chronicles 27:23

David

21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:

22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.

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.

24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

25 And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

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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 he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

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  • Numbers 1:18

    And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:2–5

    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.

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  • Hebrews 11:12

    Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

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