2 Samuel 24:3-5

New American Standard Bible

³ But Joab said to the king, “^(A)May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king can still see; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?” ⁴ Nevertheless, the king’s order prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army left the presence of the king to conduct a census of the people of Israel. ⁵ They crossed the Jordan and camped in ^(B)Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the Valley of Gad and toward ^(C)Jazer.