2 Samuel 24:1-2

Legacy Standard Bible

David Sins in Taking a Census

24 ^(A)And ^(B)again the anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and it incited David against them to say, “^(C)Go, number Israel and Judah.” ² So the king said to Joab the commander of the military force who was with him, “Go about now through all the tribes of Israel, ^(D)from Dan to Beersheba, and ^[a]take a census of the people, that I may know the total count of the people.”