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2 Samuel 24:2-4
Living Bible
2 Samuel 24:2-4
Living Bible
2 So the king said to Joab, commander-in-chief of his army, “Take a census of all the people from one end of the nation to the other, so that I will know how many of them there are.”
3 But Joab replied, “God grant that you will live to see the day when there will be a hundred times as many people in your kingdom as there are now! But you have no right to rejoice in their strength.”[a]
4 But the king’s command overcame Joab’s remonstrance; so Joab and the other army officers went out to count the people of Israel.
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- 2 Samuel 24:3 But you have no right to rejoice in their strength, literally, “But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”
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