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23 But David did not take up a count of those twenty years of age and under, (A)because Yahweh had said He would multiply Israel (B)as the stars of heaven. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to number them, but did not finish; and because of (C)this, wrath came upon Israel, and [a]this count was not included in the total count of the chronicles of King David.

Officials over David’s Possessions

25 Now Azmaveth the son of Adiel was over the king’s storehouses.
And Jonathan the son of Uzziah was over the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages and in the towers.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 27:24 Lit the