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

Various Overseers

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 27:23 Lit take their number from