2 Samuel 24:8-10

Expanded Bible

⁸ After nine months and twenty days, they had gone through all the land. Then they came back to Jerusalem.

⁹ Joab ·gave the list of the people [reported the number of soldiers] to the king. There were eight hundred thousand men in Israel who could ·use [draw; handle] the sword and five hundred thousand men in Judah.

¹⁰ ·David felt ashamed [^LDavid’s heart/conscience troubled him] after he had ·counted [taken a census of; registered; numbered] the people. He said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by what I have done. Lord, I beg you to ·forgive me, [^Ltake away the guilt/iniquity of] your servant, because I have been very foolish.”