1 Chronicles 21:2-4

21st Century King James Version

² And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.”

³ And Joab answered, “The Lord make His people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why then doth my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?”

⁴ Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem.