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2 Samuel 24:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Samuel 24:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
David’s Census of Israel and Judah
24 Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”[a] 2 So the king said to Jo′ab and the commanders of the army,[b] who were with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.”
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- 24.1 God is here said to command the census, presumably on the general grounds of ascribing the king’s policies to him, but in verse 10 David says he has sinned thereby, and in 1 Chron 21.1 the census is ascribed to Satan as an infringement of God’s prerogatives.
- 2 Samuel 24:2 1 Chron 21.2 Gk: Heb to Joab the commander of the army
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